They filled us full of false illusions and promiscuity, and they led us down that class-less road of mediocrity.

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

Learn to be positive, it's your only chance.

If after two weeks you still can't write your middle-eight, the best course of action is to see a psychiatrist

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.

Life had become a reproduction: it was not the real thing.

Arty farty, you'll never fool your Aunt, who knew you picked your nose and wet your pants.