You know, the BBC had not been particularly generous in its deliverance of blues and esoteric kinds of music.

I never plan anything, which is probably the difference between Mick and myself. Mick needs to know what he's gonna do tomorrow and I'm just happy to wake up to see who's hanging around. Mick's rock and I'm roll.

Yes, I've been trepanned. That's quite an interesting experience, especially for my brain surgeon, who saw my thoughts flying around in my brain.

But I'm not here just to make records and money. I'm here to say something and to touch other people, sometimes in a cry of desperation: "Do you know this feeling?

It's great to be here. It's great to be anywhere.

I'm not getting old I'm evolving.

The electric guitar meant that you could have a band with a drummer and a couple of guitars. And that put a lot of horn players out of work.