I never paid attention to what was contemporary or what was commercial, it didn't mean anything to me.

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I'm not a rock singer and I don't want to be a rock singer. I'm...

I'm not a rock singer and I don't want to be a rock singer. I'm...

I never bought the commercial thing, at any stage of the game.

I never bought the commercial thing, at any stage of the game.

I went back to Belfast and started a club, the Maritime. No one had thought...

I went back to Belfast and started a club, the Maritime. No one had thought...

I think Paul McGuinness and U2 created the Irish music industry. It certainly wasn't there...

I think Paul McGuinness and U2 created the Irish music industry. It certainly wasn't there...

When I started you were more in touch with the people you were playing to....

When I started you were more in touch with the people you were playing to....

I'm very lucky, I'm happy with life because my experiences led me to do what...

I'm very lucky, I'm happy with life because my experiences led me to do what...

Music is spiritual. The music business is not.

Music is spiritual. The music business is not.

You can't stay the same. If you're a musician and a singer, you have to...

You can't stay the same. If you're a musician and a singer, you have to...

Hearing the blues changed my life.

Hearing the blues changed my life.

I understood jazz, I understood how it worked. That's what I apply to everything.

I understood jazz, I understood how it worked. That's what I apply to everything.

What you see is what you get.

What you see is what you get.

I'd love to live in Ireland but I'd like to live as me, not what...

I'd love to live in Ireland but I'd like to live as me, not what...

From the dark end of the street -- To the bright side of the road...

From the dark end of the street -- To the bright side of the road...

When I started studying tenor saxophone as a kid in Belfast, I did so with...

When I started studying tenor saxophone as a kid in Belfast, I did so with...

Even today, skiffle is a defining part of my music. If I get the opportunity...

Even today, skiffle is a defining part of my music. If I get the opportunity...

In order to win you must be prepared to lose sometime. And leave one or...

In order to win you must be prepared to lose sometime. And leave one or...

I don't think nostalgia has to be negative.

I don't think nostalgia has to be negative.

It was really strange for me when I started to play concerts in America where...

It was really strange for me when I started to play concerts in America where...

I learnt from Armstrong on the early recordings that you never sang a song the...

I learnt from Armstrong on the early recordings that you never sang a song the...

Every performance is different. That's the beauty of it.

Every performance is different. That's the beauty of it.