It's been very important throughout my career that I've met all the guys I've copied, because at each stage they've said, 'Don't play like me, play like you.'

I often enjoy singing in an acoustic setting more than an amplified one.

I never met Johnny Rotten, and I didn't want to meet Johnny Rotten.

I sought my father in the world of the black musician, because it contained wisdom, experience, sadness and loneliness. I was not ever interested in the music of boys. From my youngest years, I was interested in the music of men.

If you hand me a guitar, I'll play the blues. That's the place I automatically go.

Would you know my name, if I saw you in Heaven?

The music scene as I look at it today is a little different from when I was growing up. The percentages are roughly the same - 95 percent rubbish, 5 percent pure.