People say you make your best work when in despair, but I think happiness is a good place to write from.
I still want to do what I want to do, but we also have to think about some sense of protecting the business that’s out there as well.
I’m always looking forward to what I’m doing now, and what’s ahead.
I get labelled as just being about one thing, but there’s lots of layers to what I do.
When I got into the Beatles, I must have only been about six or seven but old enough to take notice. We used to have an old radiogram which, for readers of a certain age, was like a big cabinet thing with a record player inside it.
I don’t like the royal family, I don’t like the establishment, I don’t like the civil service.
I’d like to think I’ve left something in the world. Without in any way trying to be morbid, but life is very short, and I’d like to think I’d leave some body of work that would inspire other musicians long after I’ve gone.
Going to college was never an option. I was passionate about music, but how much talent I actually had was another matter.
I’ve always liked my clothes, even before I could properly afford them. Clothes for me were never a cloak, a cover. They were how I chose to express myself.
It’s a global fashion thing; because of the Internet it has gotten really small. It’s cluttered, but it’s gotten small.
Nothing wrong with pop!
I’m not big on rap, to be honest. I just don’t get it. It’s angry people shouting. I like a song, melodies, people singing.
In all honesty, I don’t know what one song can change.
I try to have an open ear, but at the end, it would never change direction to where I think I should go. Because if I listened to everybody else, they’re thinking about what’s right now or what was the last thing – they’re not thinking about what’s next.
The first thing I bought that was really stylish was in 1969 when I was eleven. I saved up for a black, grey and white tie-dye grandad vest. It was too big – they weren’t catering for kids my age – and hung off me, but I loved it.
There have been records I’ve been really, really pleased with that haven’t connected with people. But I felt good about them.
I wanted to make a record that sounded like a continous piece.
I just pretty much love from 1966 to 1972, that’s my time. I think everything that needs to be said was said within that time. That’s just a subjective thing, as well.
I’m so lucky, I’m just really grateful for what I’ve got around me – children and my wife and everything else.
If we get through for two minutes only it will be a start!