Eventually I would like to reach the stage where I don't have to write about love and kisses and all that stuff. I wish I could write about really ultimate things. That's where I think all of us want to go, really. All the groups seem to be heading towards a kind of pop music that deals with ultimate things.

From my personal point of view, the Animals are dead. They killed themselves.

My voice? Yeah, well, I used to drink a lot of beer when I was a kid and I sounded like a drunk in a choir. I don't drink anymore.

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.

Britain, and my hometown, will always be with me wherever I go and whatever I do - but I prefer to live in California.

Eventually I would like to reach the stage where I don't have to write about love and kisses and all that stuff. I wish I could write about really ultimate things. That's where I think all of us want to go, really. All the groups seem to be heading towards a kind of pop music that deals with ultimate things.

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.