Bulnerable without strength is vulnerable, and being vulnerable means you can be victimized.

Those in the developing world have so few rights - we take a lot for granted in the developed world.

It's not fair to compare one artist to another because they all come with their own sort of elements to the picnic, you know.

I guess what I'm passionate about is, I see so many things that I find that there's no real solution to, and you're only here for such a brief moment in time, even if you live to be a hundred years old. Yet, what happens within that time frame? So many things happen.

The music scene in the '70s was like the United Kingdom in the '70s - we had a lot of unemployment, we had inflation, we had a lot of strikes going on, on a national scale, and a lot of discontent. That was reflected in the music.

In a sense, the music business and I haven't always been the best of bedfellows. Artists often have to fight their corner. Your music goes through these filters of record labels and media, and you're hoping you'll find someone who'll help you get your work into the world.

I wouldn't say that I've mellowed. I'm less mellow, perhaps.