I was only a teenager when I played with the Herd and Humble Pie, and I was still in my early twenties when 'Frampton Comes Alive!' came out. That was an immense amount of work in a relatively short period of time. I needed to stop for a while and grow up, but I didn't do that.
I figure I'm a mandolin player first and foremost, and everything else I've accomplished is just a scam.
I wanted to travel. I wanted hit records. I wanted success. I wanted respect, but not credibility - that's one thing Boyzone never looked for.
Our first No. 1 was 'Why' and we waited two years to have another one. It felt like forever, and now I feel like I'm celebrating one every few months, which I love.
Mozart was very much an arrested adolescent.
The grand old lady of bluegrass? Well, wouldn't that be a wonderful title to have? I hope I do enough to earn it some day.
I've been playing music for over 20 years now. I started playing when I was 14 years old. To everyone who has said I was an overnight success... where have you been the last 20 years?
Ultimately, our goal was to be a band and be recognized for our songs and making records. And I think that has been the case.
When I'm dead, I want to be remembered as a musician of some worth and substance.
It's silly to call me the new Ed Sheeran. He can fill stadiums as a solo artist, but I'm not like that.
I have had some amazing experiences as a musician - even with my modest skills.
I am so blessed that all I've done in my professional life, since I was 17-18, is play music and somehow make a dollar here and there.
The real amazing thing about all of this is I think I've maintained the mentality of a musician throughout it all, which I'm proudest of. And I'm still playing on people's records and singing on people's records.
When they look back on me I want 'em to remember me not for all my wives, although I've had a few, and certainly not for any mansions or high livin' money I made and spent. I want 'em to remember me simply for my music.
Paul knew I could sing, write and play, and so he rang me. It knocked me sideways a little because I wasn't used to being a sidekick. That was the first time I'd been with a band with someone more famous than me.
I really have a lot of respect for music, the art form of music. It's my whole life. I don't care about any of that other stuff. And I have always felt that way. I'll build a career on my own merits, my own hard work and nothing else.
For me, it's never been about being famous. I just want to be a successful singer. I wanna work hard... If I'm in the papers, grace, but I want to be there for the right reasons - for my music.
From the beginning of Queen there was such momentum that I never had any time to do anything else. My energy was 95% focused on the band.
When I began my career, I was constantly referred to as the kid who could play the blues.
I achieved everything I wanted to achieve by being in the Rolling Stones and making records.
My musical journey with A. R. Rahman is filled with personal milestones and realisations.
In postscript let's just say that I am very fortunate cause I've gotten to work with a lot of great bands!
People didn't know I played guitar on all the hit records I had. I've never been in an acoustic guitar magazine and I'd put myself up against anybody.
My whole career from the early 70s on has been mind-blowing. I didn't imagine in my life that I would ever be considered a guitar player first of all because I started off as a singer.
I don't really regret much of my music life.
