The great British blues guitarists of the Sixties - people like Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page and Peter Green - could play like virtuosos, but they also understood the importance of energy and intensity

I don't see anyone avoiding the Stones because DJs make jokes about them being a part of the Geritol set. All it does is make the DJs look stupid.

India brings out so many different feelings in me. I've been fascinated with India and Indian culture as long as I can remember - ever since the '60s with the Beatles and Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.

I don't think there's anything anybody's doing that the Beatles didn't at least try at some point.

The really pop country stuff can sound a little bland because they put in strings and horns and all of that.

Music is music; you don't have to put a label on it.

Take life on life's terms - one day at a time. And have fun while you're doing it.