I don't write on tour. There is so much to do day in and day out when you are on the road.

It was more fun trying to figure out I Want To Hold Your Hand than to take lessons. By this time I knew basic chords

Around '75 when the recession hit, club owners started going to disco because it was cheaper for them to just buy a sound system than it was to hire a band.

I soon gave up instruction for self-teaching

I love the idea of stepping out of the band situation into a solo world with no boundaries, no expectations, where nothing is out of bounds.

As a solo artist, I just felt cemented in front of the mike stand. There was very little time to play with the audience and be a band member

You can have fun, but you also have to put on your thinking cap every day