From the beginning, I knew intuitively that if nothing else, music was safe, and that nobody could tell me anything about it. Music didn't need a middleman, whereas all the other things in school needed some kind of explanation.

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

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

I grew up playing in clubs - that's my spiritual stomping ground.

It was stumbling on to really the bible of the blues, you know, and a very powerful drug to be introduced to us and I absorbed it totally, and it changed my complete outlook on music.

Music will always find its way to us, with or without business, politics, religion, or any other bullshit attached.

The toughest thing about being a celebrity, I suppose, is being polite when I don't want to be.