There's nothing new under the sun - you just get a can of paint out.

I'm not interested in being known as the singer from Led Zeppelin.

I don't think that you can rehash music that was born in the Fillmore East and came from a whole different set of social and emotional circumstances. The situation has changed. Let's get real about this.

There's no comparison between the most precious parts of one's personal life and success and wealth. If you lost someone near and dear to you, you can't relate it to any amount of fame, fortune and luxury. You just have to go on living.

There's a similarity between European and North African folk musics.

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

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