Rory Gallagher

"Hardly a day goes by without me sticking on a Muddy Waters record."

"One of the things that was crucial for me I got from Rory Gallagher, which was the idea of, like, being a guitar player for life and living it."

"Rory's death really upset me. I heard about it just before we went on stage, and it put a damper on the evening. I can't say I knew him that well, but I remember meeting him in our offices once, and we spent an hour talking. He was such a nice guy and a great player."

"So these couple of kids come up, who's me and my mate, and say 'How do you get your sound Mr. Gallagher?' and he sits and tells us. So I owe Rory Gallagher my sound."

"Rory's death is a tragic loss of a great musician and a very good friend..."

"The man who got me back into the blues."

"An uncompromisingly serious musician."