I like lots of songs, and I find it quite interesting to do [cover songs] from time to time. My first solo hit was in 1973, the Dylan song “A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall.”

I loved music from the age of eight. Jazz and blues. But also Little Richard and Elvis Presley.

When I was at college - that was the first time I tried singing. I played in a band, and people seemed to like it.

Women! I have no idea. I don't know anything about women at all. They're a complete mystery to me.

I don't do interviews at all when I'm on tour, so this time, on a day off, I'll do that kind of thing a little bit. I don't do big promotion schedules, not when I'm touring.

You become acutely aware, if you're touring a lot, that you need new songs to invigorate the live show. And make it interesting for yourself, too.

But when you get music and words together, that can be a very powerful thing.