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

I thought of collaborating with other people which still might happen at this point. It might not. I was just trying to break the cycle because I had gotten to a point where I was definitely sure that I was on the wrong track after about 16 years.

Enlightenment, don't know what it is. It's up to you, the way you think.

Some thoughts went through my head about recording some stuff that had influenced me earlier in my career like blues and early rock. But it didn't seem to really make sense at that point - it might have been taken the wrong way. A lot of people already had been into that trip.

Jackie Wilson said it was Reet-Petite, kind of love you got knock me off my feet.

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.

I've been in America for almost ten years. I've had many parts of the American experience. I've been all over this country and seen many different parts of it. It's just that I'm not an American. I've never become an American. I'm talking about the whole thing-psychologically, citizenship, the whole trip. Of course I've definitely been influenced by America-I'm definitely influenced by the music and the culture.