I went back to Belfast and started a club, the Maritime. No one had thought about doing a blues club, so I was the first.

I write songs. Then I record them. And later, maybe I perform them on stage. That's what I do. That's my job. Simple.

Going down the old mine with a transistor radio.

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.

I write songs. Then I record them. And later, maybe I perform them on stage. That's what I do. That's my job. Simple. I don't feel comfortable doing interviews. My profession is music, and writing songs. I like to do it, but I hate to talk about it...Music is spiritual. The music business is not. Being famous was extremely disappointing for me. When I became famous it was a complete drag and it is still a complete drag.

There aren't any labels - all jazz means is improvization and you can never play a tune the same way twice. So jazz spills over into everything.

I'm still basically the same as I always was. I still listen to the same people. That's where I'm coming from.