I do see value in music criticism. Most of the criticism I have received over the years has been very good.

Spiritual hunger and spiritual thirst But you got to change it On the inside first To be satisfied

[You Got To Make It Through The World] it's kind of a survival song. Survival is what's happening and it's basically a song about that.

A famous person to themselves, they don't get up in the morning and think, I'm famous. I'm not famous to me. Famous is a perception.

That's the jazz that I like - the stuff that has a soothing effect.

When I first started drinking, everybody was doing it. That was before they discovered marijuana and all that. It was the late 50s, early 60s - it was the beginnings of the rock 'n' roll era. The main drink was like wine. And even that was a romantic throwback to something.

I deliberately try not to cater for the commercial market, so I can't see myself in competition, you know, with second or third generation rock stars.