Our politicians may fail us, but Status Quo always delivers on the promise.

Another tea-time, another day older.

Cafe society is as old as the hills. Starbucks and its imitators are the coffee face of the new man in a hurry.

In writing lyrics - well, for me, anyway - it's about getting into character, you know? 'Who is writing this?' In the case of the original 'Thick As A Brick,' supposedly a precocious, very young child who's fantasizing about his future and the context of all the confusing elements to which school boys are subjected at that time.

We do hear perhaps too many accolades generally aimed at people like Steve Jobs. We have to remember that there are other classic things in life that we undervalue and take them for granted. If you think of the classic lines of the modern jet aircraft, it's really been there since early World War II.

I was not a great guitarist, so I sold my 1960 Fender Stratocaster in exchange for a Shure Microphone, made in Chicago, and a flute.

I can never make up my mind if I'm happy being a flute player, or if I wish I were Eric Clapton.