I like to see people reaching back for the roots and for the reason why. Not intellectually, but just for the gut feeling of what it's all about.

Singing is my profession - there is no plan B.

That's what it is-it's jazz. It's just jazz. That's what the whole thing is about to me. It's about what's happening right now in this context. This conversation is jazz to a certain extent. It's improvisation. What appeals to me about music is the improvization. That's what I don't like about the media-they're not living it.

For a long time, I couldn't actually deal with playing concerts, it was a totally alien concept to me, 'cos I was used to playing in clubs and dance halls.

I never paid attention to what was contemporary or what was commercial, it didn't mean anything to me.

These are the days of the endless summer, these are the days, the time is now. There is no past, there's only future, there's only here, there's only now.

I felt kind of bored at the prospect of writing some more of my own songs because I really wasn't saying what I wanted to say.