The sides are steep and the nights are long and cold down in the hole, light and love and the world above mean nothing to the mole.

It is the most delightful thing that ever happens to me, when I hear something coming out of my guitar and out of my mouth that wasn't there before.

I think it surprises a lot of people that I'm still around, you know, still - that I'm not pushing up daisies, as they say.

The Test arena is a place I have been desperate to get back to, it is the pinnacle of the sport

I'm trying to look at my blessings and how amazingly well against all odds things have turned out for me.

Bruce Springsteen's a rock star. Elton John is a rock star. I'm a folk musician. Honestly, I think that's true.

The Beatles were a phenomenon, but they were also ordinary blokes like anyone else. I was lucky enough to see that side.