I wanted my voice to be a tenor sax, really.

There's so much of this beautiful planet that is still actually spectacular and stimulating. There are so many amazing people that you meet along the way.

No, I've never thought that I was gay. And that's not something you think. It's something you know.

My mother was a gypsy, and she had a lot of dark blood in her, and her hair was very, very thick - she couldn't even get a brush through it. So I have been very fortunate. And every time I go to cut it off, hairdressers refuse to do it.

You can't even imagine how it felt to have a cassette that you could take with you with a microphone so you could put down an idea and not have to hum it a million times to remember what it was.

I'm not a sad old hippie - I'm a joyous old hippie.

If I didn't do what I do, I wouldn't be as young as I am.