I just got into it like a lot of people through the rock 'n' roll bands in the late '60s that turned to country music, like The Byrds and Buffalo Springfield, but particularly through The Byrds because of Gram Parsons, Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman (with their 1968 album Sweetheart of the Rodeo). They kind of introduced English kids to Merle Haggard and George Jones and the Louvins (brothers Charlie and Ira).

Women hear rhythm differently than men.

When you work with new people, I think that it throws all of the matters into relief, because you have to explain yourself every time. It's like crossing a new border. They want to see your documents.

For all the courage that we never had, I'm just about glad.

Your mind is made up but your mouth is undone.

Sometimes I write notes that I have difficulty singing.

I've never felt British. I'm just not interested in national identity. I don't know why.