Any time you talk about your own stuff you sound self-aggrandising.

There was a misconception about me when I started off because I had my hair greased up and I have some vague resemblance to the hillbilly gene pool that Elvis came from. People would say, 'You want to be Elvis' and I would say, 'No'.

I'm in showbusiness. I'm an entertainer.

I talk to people who are musicians, and they go, Oh this is hell. And I go, Are you kidding me? You never put tar paper on a roof, did ya?

I never set out to write a certain kind of song, I just play my guitar and see if I catch something.

It's strange what desire will make foolish people do.

I still don't know if I'm good enough or if it's a calling or a vocation or something, but the talent part is out. My desire to do it is undoubted. I just love doing this.