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.

Well, once you get the groove of your life and you sort out the aspects of your life that you prefer, and you’ve performed all your responsibilities as a father and as a partner. And just discovery and the great adventure of having eyes wide open. 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. By using my career as the wind in the sails of my adventures, I could see so many things and so many people that I might have missed had my career gone a different direction.

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.

You have to ask these questions: who pays the piper, and what is valuable in this life?

The events between 1968 and 1980 were the kind of cornerstone for everything I've been able to do, they gave me the springboard.

The whole idea of music, from the beginning of time, was for people to be happy

As we wind on down the road, our shadows taller than our souls.