It's a shame to see these young chicks bungle their lives away in a flurry and rush to compete with what was in the old days the goodtime relationships we had with the GTOs and people like that. When it came to looning, they could give us as much of a looning as we could give them. It's a shame, really.

I like the idea of being alone. I like the idea of often being alone in all aspects of my life. I like to feel lonely. I like to need things.

What I lack in style and craft, I can make up for in joy and enthusiasm. I like to be around people who are at ease so I like to think the 25-year-old would find me quite an easy-going late-middle-aged hippie.

Being good isn't just about being dextrous and being flash. Being good is about being an all-round contributor in the great world of music.

I owe everything to the musicians I work with.

It's not some great work of beauty and love to be a rock-and-roll singer.

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