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.

The fact I wasn't getting off made me realize that I really had to take a hard look at it and at the type of music that I played, which ranges from ballads to country type stuff to rock and rhythm 'n' blues. It takes in a wider spectrum.

I wrote a couple of songs that had gypsy references in them. The only reason it happened was because that's what was coming through and I liked the idea at that period of time. But that doesn't mean that it's a myth or that I'm a gypsy. It's gotten totally out of context.

I just wanted to have a look at my whole musical career, get right back to when I started and why I started doing it in the first place.

It was like I had evolved to a certain stage where I was stuck in this songwriter bag as an image. But basically at heart, I'm a rocker. And I still am. But I was caught up in the singer/songwriter bag and I wasn't really enjoying it.

The fog of illusion, the fog of confusion is hanging all over the world.

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