I still love playing music. It was all I ever wanted to do, and I got the chance to do it.

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

I think you have to satisfy yourself first and foremost. There have been records I've been really, really pleased with that haven't connected with people. But I felt good about them. If you're making music, you must want to turn other people on to it, whether you're number one in the charts or number 60. I don't know, that's a commercial thing, but just the fact that other people like you... there's no point in making music, otherwise. Otherwise you might as well make it in your bedroom and leave it there.

There are so many artists who get to my age that get comfortable and just stick in a groove, and I really don't want to do that.

People say that if you're still angry at 52, you're not an angry young man, just a grumpy old git.

"Ageism" or whatever you want to call it, is a very English phenomenon. You don't get it too much in many other cultures. And no one says it about authors or poets or filmmakers. "Oh, they're too old to make films or write books." You know what I mean?

I'm not big on rap, to be honest. I just don't get it. It's angry people shouting. I like a song, melodies, people singing.