Everything that has befallen you happened simply cause it crossed your mind.

Let my love open the door To yourheart.

There's no easy way to be free.

Early British pop was helped tremendously by the writing of Bob Dylan who had proved you could write about political and quite controversial subjects. Certainly what we did followed on from what was happening with the angry young men in the theatre.

What the English like to do is to face reality with a glass of port and a tear and fade off like Basil Rathbone into the sunset.

Even modern English people are imperious, superior, ridden by class. All of the hypocrisy and the difficulties that are endemic in being British also make it an incredibly fertile place culturally. A brilliant place to live. Sad but true.

Rock 'n' Roll might not solve your problems, but it does let you dance all over them