Boss Radio

A woman who makes 'Sound sculptures' has just won the Turner prize, which must rate as the world's most mocked award. This is worrying. I create sound sculptures. Every time I play a guitar solo I'm creating something new that no one has ever heard before. If that's not a sound sculpture, someone tell me what is, because that's what Frank Zappa called his guitar solos.

Not we're the only ones of course. There are two kinds of musician in my world. Those that play the same thing and those that don't. Amongst the millions of other members of group two there's Carlos Santana, Jimi Hendrix, Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, John Coltane... The list is almost endless because by the time you've finished listing them there'll be a million more.

And this worries me because I'm the only Brit mentioned on this page, and that might mean that it will soon be my turn to win the Turner.

I'm a delicate person. I don't want to be a laughing stock.