Skiffle was a name that was attached to what was, in essence, American folk music with a beat.

The music I really like to get off on is the old rhythm 'n' blues and rock 'n' roll stuff... that's what I really dig. And I also dig to sing ballads as well. And I also dig writing my own songs. I was just trying to find a way of integrating the whole thing, taking a look at the total picture.

Jazz goes into folk music, into rock music. Jazz is in practically everything except classical music where they're reading the same music all the time, the same way, the same tempo every night.

When I first started drinking, it was working for me. It was great. Like when you're doing a gig and you're in a band and you're in the truck and there's nothing to do in the truck and the gigs are all the same and the hotels are all the same...it's the hotels, the car, the gig.

See the man on the TV with a phony smile. Bring you up, bring you down, he can turn your head around.

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

There is no black-and-white situation. It's all part of life. Highs, lows, middles.