When you have that first flash of what you think is going to be a great idea-from the mouth, from the hands-that's an amazing feeling. I don't think anything's quite as good as that.

I have an English family and I've lived in England for years.

Americans think that if you're popular, there must be something wrong with you.

Success and failure are equally surprising.

The biggest honor of my career was when I won R&B Artist of the Year back in the 1970s. I look at that as a major honor.

I never felt entitled to anything. I'm the hardest worker I know.

The Daryls House thing has made me into a live musician even more than I ever was, and even in the way I record.