Essentially, I am a balladeer. This may slant my thinking about this a little. It may also slant others' ideas of what my style might be. For me the guitar is not the main thing. It is all about the song. I play whatever the song dictates - or at least, as close as I can come to playing what the voices in my head tell me to play to back up the song. Yes, it is pretty cool when a few chords seem to fall together in a certain way that gives rise to some good stylistic embellishments. But I try to keep the embellishments to a minimum. I have seen a lot of artists who let the guitar get in the way of the song. It seems to be more important to them to throw in some showy licks than it is to be true to the mood of the song.

I could not have been more surprised when Moonchild described me as "a fancy guitar player". I really think of my playing as being rather plain. So maybe style is not something one can define for themselves. I think it just develops. It happens after a time. And it is there for someone else to find and put a name to if it pleases them to do so.