Melodies are important. I always kind of pride myself on my melodies.
It's only in the seventies that I put the sticks down and I moved to the front.
We play some of my stuff and we play some Beatle covers.
I went to my prom. I wore this olive green, floor-length backless dress. It was rad.
I've been DJing since before I could read the labels on the records.
95% of the album is my writing, by choice, because it seems to be what the distributors want.
I did surveillance a lot, which sounds exciting, but it never was.
I definitely don't ever want to burn out at my job.
One year, I was nominated for entertainer of the year, and I didn't think I deserved it.
Get as rude as possible and don't let anyone tell you how to live.
I am constantly amazed at their support over the years.
It's always push and pull with a record company.
I think the world of Chuck Berry.
I think the fundamental part of my technique is my vibrato.
I've always seen myself as sort of this funky, eclectic artist.
My father had a varied ear, from Hank Williams to Ravel.
I've got a Range Rover. It's brilliant actually but it's manual.
I'm not a country picker, really - I like a nice, beefy, raunchy sort of sound.
I know I should keep this a secret, but Celine Dion is something of an icon to me.
I've never felt like I had anything important to say.
Every album I've ever been involved in, on the day that it came out I believed in it.