I was just getting tired of the image bullshit...that man of mystery trip and what have you. What's that all about?

Meet them halfway with love, peace, and persuasion, and expect them to rise for the occasion.

[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.

I think intellectualization is what's killing most people.

My responsibility is to fulfil what that natural thing is. The thing that I dislike about pop rock Top 40 music is that it's not natural.

There's always stress involved in any genre or art form, there's always going to be a struggle. If there's no struggle, you wouldn't do anything. What are you going do? Retire?

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.