I wouldn't warm to [Chuck Berry] even if I was cremated next to him.
One of the great things about songwrighting; it's not an intellectual experience
You didn't know whether Chuck Berry was black or white - it was not a concern.
You can't accuse me of anything I haven't already confessed to.
One minute I'm standing at Ronnie Scott's getting a standing ovation and the next minute, I'm on a marble slab
When I listen to what I did under the influence - 10 years of work - I don't think it either enhanced or impaired me. It didn't have that much to do with it.