My stepfather met my mother when I was seven years old, and he was a guitar player. So he caught me messing with his guitar, his electric guitar, and he tried to show me some chords, but my hands were too small.

My stepfather had an electric guitar. He went to his pawn store one day to get a guitar and an amp, and I couldn't understand what I was hearing. All afternoon, I just sat against the amp and let it reverberate through me. Something must have stuck.

I'm the guitar player in Belle & Sebastian.

I'm not a good guitar player.

I'll never be the best guitar player.

Great musicians are great musicians, whether they're playing a trombone or an electric guitar or a xylophone.