To me, the main thing about living on this planet is to know who the hell you are and be real about it. That's the reason I'm still alive.

I'm not getting old I'm evolving.

One minute I'm standing at Ronnie Scott's getting a standing ovation and the next minute, I'm on a marble slab

I have no idea what the audience makes of me.

I occasionally borrow pot from my kids. They do a little weed occasionally. 'Here, Dad' — or more likely, 'Dad, have you got any?'

Music works in mysterious ways. Once it goes in you have no idea what it can do to you.

One of the great things about songwrighting; it's not an intellectual experience