It must be quite difficult if you have a father who's sort of known. On the other hand, you can get a job in his band.

But when I started writing songs, I stopped painting completely, and the only art things I do are connected to the career, like album sleeves and, to some extent, posters and things like that.

It must be quite difficult if you have a father who's sort of known. On the other hand, you can get a job in his band.

Much as I love the northeast, I didn't want to spend my life there. I wanted to experiment. Savour everything you can while you're here! Touring, seeing the world... That in itself gives you a different perspective.

I don't really have a great deal of spare time. I still have a house in the country, but I'm in London 90 percent of the time.

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've done shows with orchestras, and I like writing with orchestras.