There are singers that I have enjoyed, from Nina Simone and Ray Charles onward. But the music that made music the number one thing for me as a youth was jazz.

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People say, oh it's a shame, you're not nostalgic about the '60s. Well actually, it's...

People say, oh it's a shame, you're not nostalgic about the '60s. Well actually, it's...

I would like to think that the singer is the butterfly, and the drummer was...

I would like to think that the singer is the butterfly, and the drummer was...

I prefer the mystic clouds of nostalgia to the real thing, to be honest.

I prefer the mystic clouds of nostalgia to the real thing, to be honest.

I've always liked pop music. There was a bit of a misunderstanding with the avant-garde...

I've always liked pop music. There was a bit of a misunderstanding with the avant-garde...

Being big and famous doesn't get you more freedom, it gets you less.

Being big and famous doesn't get you more freedom, it gets you less.

I find writing songs hard, because it does not come naturally to me. I never...

I find writing songs hard, because it does not come naturally to me. I never...

I don't know how many thoughts we have a second, but it's quite an amazing...

I don't know how many thoughts we have a second, but it's quite an amazing...

When I'm singing I try not be a singer with a capital S. I just...

When I'm singing I try not be a singer with a capital S. I just...

I'm not full of malice, but I do dislike Neil Diamond a lot, and I'm...

I'm not full of malice, but I do dislike Neil Diamond a lot, and I'm...

There are people I would like to work with. It's a bit harder, because I...

There are people I would like to work with. It's a bit harder, because I...

Even if you're specific about the character of the song, it's more exciting to place...

Even if you're specific about the character of the song, it's more exciting to place...

It was physically difficult, adjusting to wheelchair life, but I remember a great relief and...

It was physically difficult, adjusting to wheelchair life, but I remember a great relief and...

On the whole, I tend not to listen to my peers.

On the whole, I tend not to listen to my peers.

I find it hard to take rock groups very seriously or treat them with respect....

I find it hard to take rock groups very seriously or treat them with respect....

In the past, so many of my records, really, have been sketches for records that...

In the past, so many of my records, really, have been sketches for records that...

What keeps me going is a constant sense of disappointment with what I've already done.

What keeps me going is a constant sense of disappointment with what I've already done.

I think the people who did well, or are happy, in a youth industry, they...

I think the people who did well, or are happy, in a youth industry, they...

I only choose musicians who I think will emerge, can emerge, with their own character,...

I only choose musicians who I think will emerge, can emerge, with their own character,...

The things that I draw on, and the world that I feel part of, aren't...

The things that I draw on, and the world that I feel part of, aren't...

Anybody who thinks pop music's easy should try to make a pop single and find...

Anybody who thinks pop music's easy should try to make a pop single and find...