The first thing we did was to proclaim our Liverpoolness to the world, and say 'It's all right to come from Liverpool and talk like this'. Before, anybody from Liverpool who made it, like Ted Ray, Tommy Handley, Arthur Askey, had to lose their accent to get on the BBC.

Nothing happened in the sixties except that we all dressed up.

I was different, I was always different. Why didn't anybody notice me?

If I had the capabilities of being something other than I am, I would. It's no fun being an artist. You know what it's like, writing, it's torture.

Make your own dream .I can't wake you up. You can wake you up. I can't cure you. You can cure you.

I don't stand back and judge - I do.

It seems to me that the students are now half-awake enough to try and wake up their brother workers. If you don't pass on your own awareness then it closes down again.