People, whether they know it or not, like their blues singers miserable. They like their blues singers to die afterwards.

The best songs just come unasked for. You don't have to think about them. Summer is a good time for songs.

In my songs, I try to look through someone else's eyes, and I want to give the audience a feeling more than a message.

The truth is there was a golden era in music from 1962 to 1978 - after that it all went a bit tits up. I blame the fucking drum machine and the fucking shoulder pads of the 1980s.

You can do whatever you like with my image, my music, remix it, re-release it, whatever... just never make me boring.

It's kind of limiting using your intellect to write songs like Brown Sugar, isn't it? The only thing I'm really interested in is comparative religion and ancient history.