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.

I don't think people care about the mechanics of songwriting.

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

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

When the punk thing came along and I heard my friends saying, I hate these people with the pins in their ears. I said, Thank God, something got their attention.

My songs are like Bic razors. For fun, for modern consumption. You listen to it, like it, discard it, then on to the next. Disposable pop.