I'm single but interviewing.

Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.

There ain't much future for a man who works the sea, there ain't no island left for islanders like me.

Call me a joker, call me a fool, right at this moment I'm totally cool.

I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. ... I'm probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when I was 14-to meet women. ... If you make music for the human needs you have within yourself, then you do it for all humans who need the same things. You enrich humanity with the profound expression of these feelings. ... My songs are like my kids.

The happiest times in my life were when my relationships were going well - when I was in love with someone, and someone was loving me. But in my whole life, I haven't met the person I can sustain a relationship with yet. So I'm discontented about that. I'm angry with myself. I have regrets.

I'm probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when I was 14 - to meet women.