I didn't become a commercially successful artist by design, and actually I think that commercially successful just means, if you analyse it, that a lot of people like you. It's become a dirty word, and I don't necessarily think it needs to be.

When I go on Japanese Airlines, I really love it because I like Japanese food.

I was talking to Australian press earlier, and they said: we never stopped playing you. I tended to forget about that. It brings a smile to your face that there is this continuing thing, that people like what you do.

You know, I've released some great records and I've released some dogs. But frankly, the fun is in creating the thing.

I've got one of four known Davy Crocket rifles. It's fantastic just to know it's one of the rifles that he actually used. His cousin had it.

We stayed in some pretty shabby places in Europe.

I very rarely listen to the in-flight stuff.