I was very influenced by Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix. ...both of whom I had the pleasure of playing with and becoming friends with.

Maybe if I go far enough back into my ancestry, I have African roots or something. I've got no idea

I've never stopped learning.

It's not rubbish to say that I was a bit peeved about not getting credit for a couple of songs, but that wasn't the whole reason. I guess I just felt like I had enough. I decided to leave and start a group with Jack Bruce

These days there's so much technology and ways you can learn. There are videos and CD roms.

I've written lots of songs on the piano. My mother had a piano and it was the first instrument I played

The Beatles and The Stones were basically inspired by American Rhythm and Blues