I find it upsetting to see the erosion of manners. It's very scary. Where are the 'pleases' and 'thank yous?'

I've done every kind of touring known to mankind. I've played the big and the small places.

Nothing changes, until you change. Everything changes, once you change

I've been a philanthropist for all my life, and... I've had many involvements in humanitarian and environmental issues.

Dad once said to me that should he pass away, if there was some way of letting me know he was going to be ok - that we were all going to be ok - the message would come to me in the form of a white feather. Then something happened to me about ten years ago when I was on tour in Australia. I was presented with a white feather by an Aboriginal tribal elder, which definitely took my breath away. One thing for sure is that the white feather has always represented peace to me.

People are generally badly advised when they're starting out in the creative field.

Dad made me laugh a lot. He was a real comedian. He had a real sarcastic sense of humour, he could really make a fool out of people. I have to watch it a little bit, because I caught that habit from him. I was really fond of him. He was my idol.