Robben Ford discusses Miles Davis, Joni Mitchell, and Jeff Beck tribute

that I was playing – which was an Alembic and a Suhr, which have a much more modern feel. The Strat has a kind of Sasquatch feeling to it; when you play it, it doesn’t resist. There’s a timelessness that’s really fun. It has a limited range but you can do a lot with it. That’s made me can assess writing a bit differently; I can write music on it in a particular way. It’s like listening to Eric Johnson. He’s an excellent writer; he writes a certain way with the Strat – it’s a different style.Let’s also talk about your recent move to London. How has that influenced your music and creative process?London’s fabulous. That’s really why. But everything has to change at some point – if you want it to. All through my life, I’ve learned that when I can’t find what I need here in London, I have to go find It. And when that happens, that’s a good idea. You can see that’s also held true since I left my job at United Airlines and started on this amazing musical journey.Maybe not the same way with every musician, but it did happen to me: I got on a plane and flew to Chicago, took my guitar and went to the South and went to New York. I love traveling. But if it’s not London – then it’s in America. People are always looking for change.A lot of what turns me on is how much I know about what I want to do. When young people ask me what my favorite thing to do is, that’s what I say: Do what you love, not what you think might be a good thing to do. If you love playing Dungeons and Dragons, do that. And that’s what I do.