When you first start off, I know singers who have only been in the business just a short amount of time, and they've already written their autobiography. I didn't want to write it too soon. I wanted to live a while and write about things that I felt were important to me - growing up in Wales, and the characters that I met and listened to.

I'm a lyric man - I'm always looking for meaningful songs.

Plant a radish, get a radish, never any doubt. That's why I love vegetables, you know what they're about!

When I started off in Wales, I sang and accompanied myself with guitar in the '50s. And then I got a band together, which is a rhythm section, really. I used to do a lot of blues, and rhythm and blues, and '50s rock 'n' roll and country, and all kinds of stuff.

I think teen-age love is a great thing. There's nothing quite like it and never will be for the rest of your life.

I like to drink to suit my location.

I realize that singing is saving my life, once I started again.