I'm not cheap, you understand, I'm just a cut price person in a low budget land.

It doesn't matter who you are, there are stars in every city, in every house, and on every street.

Now I'm grown up and playing in a band.

Our repertoire consisted of rhythm and blues, sort of country rhythm and blues, Sonny Terry things.

Powerman don't need to fight, powerman don't need guns, powerman got money on his side.

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 only time I feel at ease is swinging up and down in a coconut tree.