I suppose you do think about the time that's allotted to you more than when you were younger. The mortality thing obviously has a stronger pull for you. It's an imminent truth; it's not necessarily a bad thing. You realize - much earlier than my age now - that you won't be able to play for England's football team, just to take a really crass example. So you can't have that life again. Unless you believe in reincarnation or whatever. Reincarnation? That's a whole other question. I find people who talk about that sort of thing in interviews idiotic. And I don't want to go down with them.

My mother has always been unhappy with what I do. She would rather I do something nicer, like be a bricklayer.

Boys were a very essential part of rock & roll. The girls were more onlookers.

Don’t take life too seriously and always remember: it is just a passing fad.

I enjoy doing different kinds of things. I just enjoy being not tied too much. I feel that I'm tied to myself as a kind of traditional musician and a singer, and the history that I have ties me down.

Americans shocked me by their behavior and their narrow-mindedness.

Always as a musician you must have one thing you do well.