For me, I'll always stand up for the disenfranchised, and I'm going to make a big point of that. I'm not a protest singer as such, you know? After the endurance course of the early 70s and 60s, I don't want to become one of them twats. But you got to learn to speak the truth.

I mean, the genuine roots of culture is folk music.

There's many, many ways to write a song. But generally, sitting down at a table and writing is not one of them.

I don't think there's any such thing as rock n' roll anymore - it's an amalgamation of business interests.

Being born into the Royal Family is like being born into a mental asylum. Marrying into it is not something to be taken lightly.

Until I see an Arab country, a Muslim country, with a democracy, I won't understand how anyone can have a problem with how they're treated.

The so-called alleged 'art' of the video - well, the video has killed the radio star, but the video star killed the live musician, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.