I'd always thought the Rats were good fun, but one of the very nice things about being of Saga age is that I can actually look back and think, When I was younger I was in a great band. It was always a collective thing.

I was really lucky that I came to puberty at a time when music and politics were completely intertwined

Music is what I must do, business is what I need to do and politics is what I have to do

If you were a pretty boy pop singer, it would wreck you, growing older

When Michael Jackson sings it is with the voice of angels, and when his feet move, you can see God dancing.

When I hit 11 so did the careers of Dylan and the Stones. A year later it was the Who and the Kinks.

Rock & roll is instant coffee.