While it's a great indulgence, it's also very interesting to have three bass players on the same track..

I don't do interviews at all when I'm on tour, so this time, on a day off, I'll do that kind of thing a little bit. I don't do big promotion schedule….

Much as I love the northeast, I didn't want to spend my life there. I wanted to experiment. Savour everything you can while you're here! Touring, see….

It's nice to know that there are several different avenues I could pursue..

But when I started writing songs, I stopped painting completely, and the only art things I do are connected to the career, like album sleeves and, to….

I like to think Duke Ellington would probably embrace a fragrance as well..

I like to piece together different guitarists, unlikely bedfellows. You have Jonny Greenwood playing next to Nile Rodgers on the same track, so it be….

But when you get music and words together, that can be a very powerful thing..

I loved music from the age of eight. Jazz and blues. But also Little Richard and Elvis Presley..

When I was at college - that was the first time I tried singing. I played in a band, and people seemed to like it..

Performing was terrifying..

I can never predict what's going to happen..

All those rappers, they're the only glamorous people working in music now. They dress up in these chains of gold, cars, girls and this and that, high….

I suppose young people think football is glamorous - soccer - it's big money and the stars of it, they look good and have a great big house and a hug….

And Mary J. Blige, she's got all these fur coats and hats and stuff. She's good; I like her..

Words can be very powerful. I find them very difficult..

I like the name Atomic Kitten. It's so great..

Sometimes you're quite fortunate, being on the stage, getting to meet people like Salvador Dali..

It must be really hard to be starting out in music now..

When I stopped touring in the early '80s for a few years, it was a mistake looking back. I lost touch with my audience in a way and I think that was ….

I met John Lennon and he was with his wife in Tokyo. I met him there..