Sometimes I write notes that I have difficulty singing.

The cost of living in sin would make a poor man out of Paul Getty.

Serious music usually doesn't pay.

Good manners and bad breath will get you nowhere.

'Content' is a word that has never sat well with me. Like 'maturity'. They are two words I've never liked. I think they imply some sort of decay. A settling.

I'm a working travelling musician, but just on a bigger scale...

I don't think I was ever particularly mean. I can certainly think of some idiotic exchanges I've had. I was accused of destroying pop music, like Wagner destroyed opera - a guy in Germany started ranting that at me.