No man should have cowboys boots in his wardrobe. That's fair enough, isn't it? Unless you're a cowboy, of course..

I think anybody goes through a crisis of confidence from time to time. You have to kind of doubt yourself, sometimes. It's the way forward..

I'm still a mod, I'll always be a mod, you can bury me a mod..

I want to hear as much music as I possibly can before I leave this mortal coil but it's impossible to hear it all because there's so much of it..

Everyone gets frustrated and aggressive, and I'd sooner take my aggression out on a guitar than on a person..

You can't live a lie. You have to follow your heart..

I don't feel old or young, I just am.

I don't think about what I can't do or what I shouldn't be doing. I just think there are endless possibilities musically, really..

Today, we're even into the whole sweat thing. They'll wear a [suit] jacket like this, but they'll wear it with sweat pants and sneakers. But I do thi….

I'm very, very open to experimenting with different people and trying to find different methods of writing and making music..

I suppose I was much more serious-minded in the '70s and '80s..

I think you have to satisfy yourself first and foremost..

I'm so lucky, I'm just really grateful for what I've got around me - children and my wife and everything else..

I don't like the royal family, I don't like the establishment, I don't like the civil service..

I play out my role, I've even been out walking -They tell me that it helps, but I know when I'm beaten..

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..

I get labelled as just being about one thing, but there's lots of layers to what I do..

There's this British elegance that we, at times, have really missed in the States. We've always been more of a sportswear culture..

I don't know if there's any formula. I'm not sure I believe in that, to be honest. I don't know if there's any rhyme or reason to music. Sometimes it….

The Zombies were really unique - they had elements of jazz and classical music in their songs and songwriting. They had a very, very different sound ….

The '40s were quite austere and super glamorous..