My parents, especially my mother, were no influence on me whatsoever.
I suppose my father was more influential in my starting to play the guitar.
I felt pressured by continuous touring.
It's sort of what jazz would be if it stopped being snobby and what rock would be if it stopped being stupid.
People will always be tempted to wipe their feet on anything with 'welcome' written on it.
I met Jack Bruce, one of my heroes, in a studio while doing some recording. England had just beat Scotland in a big football match and I saw Jack trying to break into this refrigerator in the lounge, drunk out of his brain, and I didn't know what to say.