Rock's always been the devil's music.

As you get older, the questions come down to about two or three. How long? And what do I do with the time I've got left?

Trying to tart the rock business up a bit is getting nearer to what the kids themselves are like, because what I find, if you want to talk in the terms of rock, a lot depends on sensationalism and the kids are a lot more sensational than the stars themselves.

On the other hand, what I like my music to do to me is awaken the ghosts inside of me. Not the demons, you understand, but the ghosts.

People look to me to see what the spirit of the Seventies is.

It's a compulsive need to wreck everything. You might notice there's a pattern of stripping down and building back up again throughout my life. But I guess that's how some of us conduct our lives.

I really believe that Bob Dylan and others have speeded up the changes. Pacifism has found a voice at last.