I saw him in 2008 when I was doing rock journalism covering what was then Rothbury Festival. Crowd was attentive but it was not the highlight of the weekend. T

I saw him in 2008 when I was doing rock journalism covering what was then Rothbury Festival. Crowd was attentive but it was not the highlight of the weekend. This quote struck me: “What role does improvisation play in your music? None at all. There’s no way you can change the nature of a song once you’ve invented it. You can set different guitar or piano patterns upon the structural lines and go from there, but that’s not improvisation. Improvisation leaves you open to good or bad performances and the idea is to stay consistent. You basically play the same thing time after time in the most perfect way you can.”