At the end of the Beatles, I really was done in for the first time in my life. Until then, I really was a kind of cocky sod.

Live a little be a gypsy, get around. Get your feet up off the ground, live a little, get around.

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

It's like there was me, then the Beatles phase, and now I'm me again.

I'm often reading a magazine and hearing about someone's new record, and I think: "Oh, boy, that's gonna be better than me". It's a very common thing.

I am alive and well and unconcerned about the rumors of my death. But if I were dead, I would be the last to know.

I've got a few guitars that I like. The trouble with fame and riches is that you have more than one guitar.