These days politics, religion, media seem to get all mixed up. Television became the new religion a long time back and the media has taken over.

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As a developing musician, skiffle became a platform for me to start playing music.

As a developing musician, skiffle became a platform for me to start playing music.

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...

There's always got to be a struggle. What else is there? That's what life is...

There's always got to be a struggle. What else is there? That's what life is...

If you're a pop singer, you don't need to evolve. You just get a set...

If you're a pop singer, you don't need to evolve. You just get a set...

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...

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.

Music is spiritual. The music business is not.

Music is spiritual. The music business is not.

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....

The future is keeping you out of the present time.

The future is keeping you out of the present time.

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...

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...

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...

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 don't think nostalgia has to be negative.

I don't think nostalgia has to be negative.

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...

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

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

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....

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....

Baby, if you'll let me, here's what I'll do I'll take care of you.

Baby, if you'll let me, here's what I'll do I'll take care of you.

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...