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.

People become so deeply attached to the sound of one period that they blow a fuse when you move on. I've heard people complain bitterly about recordings they haven't even heard.

Even in a perfect world where everyone was equal. I'd still own the film rights and be working on the sequel.

Smokey Robinson writes the heartfelt songs, whereas it was my job to write the songs about weakness and failure in love.

I feel like a juggler running out of hands.

When in doubt, play track 4 - it is usually the one you want.

There are many critics who have an idealised version of where my strengths lie.