I was in Germany when the wall came down.

It's all a matter of hearing what I like and seeing if I can make it fit into my style.

Don't go on American Idol, I think you'll spend the rest of your life living it down and I think it's getting kinda scary, isn't it?

The world is a tougher place to live in than it was back then, as we come into the computer age.

I was in Germany when the wall came down.

I've been touring now since about '68. I was in Germany when the wall came down. Unfortunately I was in New York when 9/11 happened.

Back then, I, most rockers loved Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis... you know in the '60s.