What I do is I'm a bandleader, frontman, entertainer.

My dad has no control over who works with me. Me, me and me alone has to take responsibility for anything.

Petitions are ridiculous.

All I can do is go by the words of Christ, who was the only talker we had, for f - 's sake. Buddha didn't speak. The Holy Ghost didn't speak. But I think it all boils down to the same thing - it's all about unity, love, compassion.

I'm not so much a rock star, d'ya know what I mean? I play Irish music. There's really no age when you stop playing Irish music. Even if I retired from playing onstage, I'd still be singing in pubs.

I play Irish popular music, yeah? Calling it folk is like putting it in a box. It's a living tradition, you know?

There is drinking in lots of the songs because there is drinking in life. Drinking stimulates the imagination.