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

And I want to rock your gypsy soul Just like way back in the days of old And magnificently we will fold into the mystic

What I really like to do is just do the twist!

As a developing musician, skiffle became a platform for me to start playing music.

I have some intellectual-type pursuits, like studying philosophy and stuff like that.

I realized I was growing up or something like that. You have responsibilities...you've got to think about getting your act together. I didn't even know what it had been doing to me. I didn't realize how dangerous it was. People talked in terms of drugs and I used to think in terms of...well in Ireland, everybody drinks. Nobody gives it a second thought. You're Irish number one and you're a drinker number two. That's the first two things about us Irish.

[Being alcoholic] you're either too high or you're too low. I mean, I was always looking for the bell to ring. I was always waiting for that bell.