Rory Gallagher

“After writing quite a few songs now, I have not a method but a way of being patient with a couple of verses or a certain set of chords. I can match them up quicker now than I used to. The one thing you do improve is songwriting.”

“I think that I set such high standards for myself that sometimes I expect other people to live up to these standards, and it's not fair because they're not setting the same goals for themselves.”

“I didn't even have a record player as a kid, so everything was down to radio.”

“When I listen to something, I like to be taken out of my seat and thrown across the room. If it sounds good and feels good, that's it.”

“It's dangerous not to tour, because people assume you've faded away, or have no interest.”

“There was nobody in the city I came from - Cork, Ireland - that I could link up with to teach me the guitar.”

“I didn't grow up working on 24-track - the first two Taste albums were eight-track and we always had tracks left over - we couldn't believe it, either!”