Get down with your old Allman Bros. records!

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.”

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 like to think Duke Ellington would probably embrace a fragrance as well.

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.

It's good having a lot of different songs to choose from to do the show. It means you don't get bored of doing it in one particular genre.

Words can be very powerful. I find them very difficult.