When I wrote the song, I had the sea near Bombay in mind. We stayed at a hotel by the sea, and the fishermen come up at five in the morning and they were all chanting. And we went on the beach and we got chased by a mad dog-big as a donkey. ... I think that songwriting changed when groups started spending more time in the studio. ... I've written so many songs about Englishmen, I have to go elsewhere. ... Our repertoire consisted of rhythm and blues, sort of country rhythm and blues, Sonny Terry things.

The King is dead, rock is done. You might be through, but I've just begun.

All you have to do is relax and feel your history, because it will never go away and there is no future without it.

In the end you become part of everything you hate, basically.

Oh, demon alcohol, sad memories I can't recall.

When I discovered Mose Allison I felt I had discovered the missing link between jazz and blues

Rudolf Valentino looks very much alive and he looks up ladies dresses as they sadly pass him by.