I was born or raised in the church, so I guess the first songs I would have played would have been church songs.

I wouldn't consider myself a songwriter at all. Maybe I piece together a certain little thing here and there, but songwriters are people who do this with sheet music.

You have a history of art-music that you equate with music. That's what I love about that term art-music. It separates itself from music-music, the music people have always made.

I was kind of pathetic. That's what got me playing out in the street. I ran out of money and needed more gin for the night.

I've been playing one way or another since I was about three years old. I don't remember not knowing how to play any instruments.

Essentially any history we have is just a history of aristocrats. We don't have any history of people.

I didn't have any intention of playing music for a living or anything like that. I was just not doing well in my head or whatever you call it and drinking too much.