My father had a varied ear, from Hank Williams to Ravel.

I love playing to people and seeing them react.

I was just learning to play guitar when Tracy Chapman came out. She wrote these songs, she played them by herself and I so admired her for that.

No matter where we come from or where we're going, we've all got memories to contend with, and it's always best not to do this alone!

I was very lucky. Things happened, both bad and good, but I never got into real, deep trouble. But it wore me down. By the time I was 18, I was done. I didn't want to live the life any more. I needed to develop past the point that busking takes you to.

My parents were older than normal when they had me, and had been very into the politics of the 1960s, so I was brought up in that atmosphere.

Once I was in the city, I really enjoyed it. Just to experience things. There was so much new stuff.