I've stopped apologizing to myself for having this great period of success and financial acceptance.

• I like the idea of being alone. I like the idea of often being alone in all aspects of my life. I like to feel lonely. I like to need things.
• Alone I'm nothing.
• It's not some great work of beauty and love to be a rock-and-roll singer.
• Whenever I have bid a hasty goodbye to a loved one, I've always made sure that my record collection was safely stored away in the boot of the car.
• I have to try and change the landscape, whatever it is.
• My dad played fiddle as well.
• I daresay one good concert justifies a week of satisfaction at home.
• I like the idea of being alone. I like the idea of often being alone in all aspects of my life. I like to feel lonely. I like to need things.
• You can't give up something you really believe in for financial reasons. If you die by the roadside - so be it. But at least you know you've tried. Ten minutes in the music scene was the equal of one hundred years outside of it.
• Music is for every single person that walks the planet.