I love the Kinks, but I like all sorts of music. If I stay at home at night and play records, I just go through the whole spectrum, really. I just love music.

When I got into the Beatles, I must have only been about six or seven but old enough to take notice. We used to have an old radiogram which, for readers of a certain age, was like a big cabinet thing with a record player inside it.

When I lived in a little flat in Pimlico in 1981, I'd write in the hallway. As you walked in, there was a tiny little recess type thing, hardly a hallway, really, and I'd sit there writing songs with my guitar.

I don't think about what I can't do or what I shouldn't be doing. I just think there are endless possibilities musically, really.

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.

There's always something in most world folk musics that always seems connected; whether it's a bagpipe or a tambura, there's always some sort of drone instrument, and there's always percussion.

Our campaigns have always been based on what we consider music icons that transcend generations and they're not of the moment - they continue to evolve.