No matter how accomplished or how many awards you get, you're always still thinking there's somebody out there who's better than you.

I'm only 49 years old. I'm still in the middle of this whole thing. I don't feel like it's finished at all. I'm still planning to write better songs.

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

The Stones also still have a huge following. Mick Jagger leaps around like a crazy dude. And Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood and Charlie Watts are playing great too.

I think the French girls are fabulous.

I'm mad, you know? I don't think of retiring at all.

John could write a mean song. He had a lot of venom in him. Whereas I had a happy childhood.