If they'd said, "Do you want to be John Wesley Harding or Wesley Stace in 25 years' time?" I would have said Wesley Stace, but I wasn't to know.

Novels may have taken care of the emotional business for me, which has allowed music to be more emotional for me.

With me more than anybody it seems silly having a stage name, and there wasn't any particular difference between me and John Wesley Harding. There wasn't any need to draw that line. I just happened to draw it.

I do find that most fans are aware of my writing career and have known my real name for many years.

Aloha Earth, this is Elvis calling. You'll find me in the big house now.

I just love putting on a show. I get a tremendous sense of community out of it.

The people you might lose are the people who look at a marquee and are like, "Oh, John Wesley Harding is playing. I went to see him play 20 years ago." But if they see Wesley Stace, they might make absolutely no link between those two things at all.