I play to all people, and I play to people not governments, and I believe strongly that all people are peaceful and would want peace.

One of my biggest thrills for me still is sitting down with a guitar or a piano and just out of nowhere trying to make a song happen.

It's a lifelong gift, something you can call on at any time.

My dad was a particularly polite kind of guy, very courteous.

People don't like land mines, especially the survivors and the people who are living in the countries with them. They think they are cowardly, like we do, so I think it's down to the governments to actually just listen to the people and sign the treaty and get rid of all these things and there would be an end to it.

If children are studying the 20th century, I'm in their text books.

It was a period when they used to read into our lyrics a lot, used to think there was more in them than there was.