A devastating culmination of the elegant and the funky, a really sensational musician with enormous depth..

I'm very fussy about how my records sound, but I'm very aware that because of the way they sound, I will never be a big-selling, mainstream artist be….

I realized sometime in the early '80s that if I didn't do something - like planning for the future in a way, a kind of pension or something - that if….

My latest theory is that it's - well, I describe it as, like, being in an apartment with kind of thin walls. And in the apartment next door, they've ….

The number of contemporary artists who appeal to me is infinitesimal..

I've always felt quite like an outsider. I don't really belong in the mainstream, and I quite like that..

I like being a big fish in a small pond. I'm not interested in a huge audience because it brings headaches..

Be a military flier or be in a band; those were the two hippest things I could imagine..

I suppose I was waiting until I was old enough to have some sort of experience to sing about. When you're young, it's hard to sing the blues. Nobody ….

So you can be about your business, and then on it comes again. And this time you're ready, and you've got a wine glass or something. And you put the ….

You try to make every word count, so there's no doubt what you're talking about. When you're young, you waffle away. Well, I'm done with that. I thin….

I sort of have various sort of theories when people ask me about songwriting because it is a mystery. You don't really know. Sometimes you can do it ….

I'm very interested in religion and different religions, and I know quite a lot about it. I love gospel music, and I love going to churches, but the ….

When punk rock came along, the one thing you were not supposed to be was musical..

As soon as one of my records goes on, it makes a vast portion of the public nervous. They get spooked by it. To some people who have ears to hear, it….

And then, one day, they program a new tune, and it really catches your ear, you know, because you can be doing the washing up or something, you know,….

Later in life, suddenly, if you're an outsider, it's something to be celebrated, I think, rather than getting on people's nerves..

The world is full of musicians who can play great, and you wouldn't cross the road to see them. It's people who have this indefinable attitude that a….

As long as my body holds out, I'll be grooving when I'm 70, and not some sort of horrible spectacle..

These days, rock 'n' roll is much more about rock than about roll. I don't do rock. But I'm interested in that roll part, because that's the funny li….

What's so funny about peace, love, and understanding?.