Have you seen 'American Idol' lately? I'm sure that some kids somewhere at this moment are thrashing themselves silly over what they call 'Rock n' Roll.

My activism was, and is, unknown, unannounced, but somehow effective.

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 don't think Jimi committed suicide in the conventional way. He just decided to exit when he wanted to.

Have you seen 'American Idol' lately? I'm sure that some kids somewhere at this moment are thrashing themselves silly over what they call 'Rock n' Roll.

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.

Everything I do - if I do it, is going to be personal.