I'm definitely obsessed about artists and the type of music and the playing and the tone and all that kind of thing - I'm not obsessed about what the best Beatles album is. I just think if The Beatles are great, they're great.

I play out my role, I've even been out walking -They tell me that it helps, but I know when I'm beaten.

There's this British elegance that we, at times, have really missed in the States. We've always been more of a sportswear culture.

I have to do what I'm doing at the time. That's the most important thing. You might lose some people along the way, and you might gain other people on the way, that's just the way it is. But nevertheless, if you're driven by something, there is no argument about it; that's what you have to do.

Being a musician is a noble profession.

I suppose I was much more serious-minded in the '70s and '80s.

I don't feel old or young, I just am