It's a petty thing, but I wouldn't join the Scouts when I was a kid, 'cause you had to swear allegiance to the queen. I'm just not a royalist. I think it's idiotic, a hereditary principle.

Obviously the people that I admired, like the Beatles, were really into rock'n'roll, but it was already a little past rock'n'roll when I started listening and making my own choices about music.

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 believe that music is connected by human passions and curiosities rather than by marketing strategies.

I've had an unusual life. A life far removed from most people's experience.

I love you more than anything in this world. I don't expect that will last.

Well, T Bone's had a remarkable career as a producer since the time that we first worked together. He was dividing his time between recording and producing when we first met, and touring. We toured together and we were great friends.