OK, I've had a life of sort of success, some people know who I am but a lot of people don't. I feel the need to change that still.

I live my life, breathless... A life of constant motion and excitement. A life that many will envy and most would avoid!

I'm really still a child of the Forties. I still think about it a lot, about the repercussions of armed conflict. Until 1953 we had rationing. We couldn't buy meat, we couldn't buy pleasurable goods like cigarettes and sweets. I didn't starve - my family were lucky - but I knew what it was like standing in line waiting for foodstuffs.

I may sing the same songs for over 40 years now but I always sing them in different ways in order to keep the excitement and passion alive.

There are so many times in one's life, when one feels he has nothing more to offer. But no, my river has not run dry.

I tried to reach the combatants with my music. I tried to turn my anger into something positive. Myself, and others like me, just tried to keep rock and roll alive.

You've got to create a dream. You've got to uphold the dream. If you can't, go back to the factory or go back to the desk.