My Mother set me on the right track, Marty Robbins made me want to write songs, and Jesus Christ did the rest.

Don't call my lyrics poetry. It's an insult to real poets.

Read books, discover the blues and don't Tweet.

My favorite thing is coming up with titles. The majority of the songs I've every written I've always thought of the title before I've written the song.

I am a simple vessel with complex overtones, opinionated on occasions but willing to listen. Comfortable with reclusiveness and devoted to privacy and family. Patriotic to a fault and allergic to cruelty, ignorance and bad music.

Lincolnshire is the Idaho of England. You were either going to drive a tractor for the rest of your life or head for the city to work in a factory.

Elton John's home is laden with trinkets and books relating to Satanism and witchcraft.