So I'm in my 51st year of playin' mostly nightclubs. I do some concerts.

I never sit down and write. I just sorta let things form in my brain.

I start out with words, with the idea, the line. Then after I get a line or two, I try to find what melodic line those lines would be suited to. As soon as I find the form I can finish the song in my head.

I'm not inspired by songwriting at all; that took place years ago. I'm pretty well established, as far as my influences go. I don't listen to music anymore. It all sounds the same to me.

I do some concerts. At the moment, I'm being helped a lot by a gig I play in London, which is Pizza Express.

I don't care what anyone does, as long as they go through the copyright office.

I remember the first check I got from The Who's recording [of "Young Man Blues"]. I'd been getting checks for $10 and $15 and so forth, and this one was for a much larger amount than that. I thought it was a mistake.