The truth can't hurt you, it's just like the dark. It scares you witless, but in time you see things clear and stark.

I started with rock n' roll and...then you start to take it apart like a child with a toy and you see there's blues and there's country...Then you go back from country into American music...and you end up in Scotland and Ireland eventually.

But there are things in Il Sogno that the methods of The Delivery Man could never achieve.

Elvis Presley and Puccini shall return.

People think it is all about country music, and I know a lot of country music has come out of there, but like Blonde on Blonde by Bob Dillon was recorded there. A lot of great records; R&B records, jazz records. It's a lot of great players and great studios.

I'd been to Memphis before, but we stayed out of Memphis early on in the late 70s for obvious reasons. People were very sensitive about Elvis Presley, and my stage name obviously would be provocative to some people in that area at that time.

I've worked hard, every single day since I left school. I think I have a Protestant work ethic.