Music became a healer for me. And I learned to listen with all my being. I found that it could wipe away all fear and confusion.

There's a desire in me to express something - to match what I hear in my head.

I tried when I was 13, when my grandparents gave me an acoustic guitar, and I tried for a year. It hurt so much to play. I mean, the fingertips hurt so much, I gave up.

I thought, 'My God, this is like Buddy Guy on acid.'

The blues are what I've turned to, what has given me inspiration and relief in all the trials of my life.

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.

I just like the company of beautiful women. I have a weakness in that department. And I suppose because I am fairly well off and a famous musician, I'm up for grabs. And that makes me an eligible bachelor in the press.