You were at school and you were pimply and no one wanted to know you. You get into a group and you've got thousands of chicks there.

All I am certain of right now is that I don't want to go anywhere, and that's not bad for someone who always used to run.

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.

This moment in time, on this tour, you know, I'm discovering a lot of new things. And to be 45 and doing that, it's a mixture of pleasure and pain, I can assure you.

Musically, he was like an old man in a boy's skin.

I don't know if I believe in luck. I think I'm very fortunate.