I haven't lost my innocence particularly. I'm always ready to pretend I haven't. Yeah, it is a shame in a way.

I was young - I was 20 years old. Now I have the gift of perspective and I feel pretty good about it.

I am a reflection of what I sing. Sometimes I have to get serious because the things Ive been through are serious.

I don't want to scream 'Immigrant Song' every night for the rest of my life, and I'm not sure I could.

I may as well do everything as if it’s brand new, and if I start to feel that any of it’s a compromise, then I’ll...I’ll be in Wisconsin.

I was competing for attention in a four-piece band that was phenomenal, and I was trying to attack the blues from a kind of white English viewpoint as a singer.

It's OK to quote from your past. But I'm more interested in quoting from my present and pointing towards the future.