I had a little Richard and that black piano, oh that sweet Georgia Peach, and the boy form Tupelo.

I really appreciate my performing so much better, as I get older. I don't take it for granted anymore. I really relish it and love it.

And there are men behind bars who pray for the light and there are men in the suburbs who pray for the night.

Well, I'm a huge fan of Ryan Adams, who's from North Carolina. And he's beginning to break really quite big.

Onstage it was always comfortable for me because that's where I felt at home. Offstage it was a different situation. I was still shy offstage and unfortunately, my shyness and my inability to communicate and really have great conversations or be part of the gang - in inverted commas - led me to the drug addiction, which, you know, blighted my life for 16 years because I thought by doing that it would make me join in.

Rocket Man, burning out his fuse up here alone.

I want a love that don't mean a thing.