Before many black singers were still labouring under that problem of God; it was often 'God will save us'. But right through the blacks were singing directly and immediately about their pain and also about sex, which is why I like it.

You're jeans are full of crap. You're full of beans, you're in you teens. You've lost your mama's road map.

Before Cliff (Richard) and The Shadows, there had been nothing worth listening to in British music.

How can I give love when I don't know what it is I'm giving?

I just like TV. I think to me, it replaced the fireplace when I was a child. They took the fire away and they put a TV in instead and I got hooked on it.

Love is real, real is love.

The continual awareness of what was going on made me feel ashamed I wasn't saying anything. I burst out because I could no longer play that game any more, it was just too much for me.