If you're a pop singer, you don't need to evolve. You just get a set together, have some hit songs and play them over and over.

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I don't feel comfortable doing interviews. My profession is music, and writing songs. That's what...

I don't feel comfortable doing interviews. My profession is music, and writing songs. That's what...

These days politics, religion, media seem to get all mixed up. Television became the new...

These days politics, religion, media seem to get all mixed up. Television became the new...

Hearing the blues changed my life.

Hearing the blues changed my life.

Skiffle was a name that was attached to what was, in essence, American folk music...

Skiffle was a name that was attached to what was, in essence, American folk music...

The first piece of music that captured my imagination was probably Ray Charles Live At...

The first piece of music that captured my imagination was probably Ray Charles Live At...

My ambition when I started out was to play two or three gigs a week....

My ambition when I started out was to play two or three gigs a week....

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...

Large audiences did not suit my low-key approach.

Large audiences did not suit my low-key approach.

What you see is what you get.

What you see is what you get.

The future is keeping you out of the present time.

The future is keeping you out of the present time.

You take stuff from different places, and sometimes you stick a line in because it...

You take stuff from different places, and sometimes you stick a line in because it...

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...

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 always record far more than I can use. There's probably twice as much recorded...

I always record far more than I can use. There's probably twice as much recorded...

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...

There is no black-and-white situation. It's all part of life. Highs, lows, middles.

There is no black-and-white situation. It's all part of life. Highs, lows, middles.

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...

If it's what you do and you can do it, then you do it.

If it's what you do and you can do it, then you do it.

A famous person to themselves, they don't get up in the morning and think, I'm...

A famous person to themselves, they don't get up in the morning and think, I'm...

I write songs. Then, I record them. And, later, maybe I perform them on stage....

I write songs. Then, I record them. And, later, maybe I perform them on stage....