I did study Shakespeare, that was sort of my thing; I got a Literature A-level, which is my only claim to academic fame.

I can take pot or leave it. I got busted in Japan for it. I was nine days without it and there wasn't a hint of withdrawal, nothing.

And what's the point of changing when I'm happy as I am?

Pete Ham in the group was a very good writer. He wrote the Nilsson song "Without You", which is a seriously good song. But the poor fellow topped himself. He was a lovely bloke, I can still see him now. It was a terrible loss.

It was Elvis who really got me hooked on beat music. When I heard 'Heartbreak Hotel' I thought, this is it.

I never look forward, because I have no idea about how any of it happened to getting here. I've no idea how the next five years are going to be.

I feel like the sixties is about to happen. It feels like a period in the future to me, rather than a period in the past.