The blues echoes right through into soul, R&B and hip hop. It's part of the make-up of modern music. You can't turn your back on the blues.

In my family, they were all big boozers, but they all lived to ripe old ages.

Regina Spektor is great. I can't wait to see what more she's capable of.

I love to go to Ireland just to relax.

When I first saw Jo, I said boom, that was it, because I'm a one-woman man.

I think people are just creative, and this can be expressed in a number of ways. Bob Dylan and David Bowie create both music and art.

During the Eighties, when I was hurting for money, I thought, "Hang on a minute - I can paint." I was living in New York and I thought it would get the grocery money coming in, and it escalated from there.