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" Pop music was supposed to be a flash in the pan, but here we are 50 years later and it means something to us, and it always will do. It's incredibly important. "

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" I really enjoy playing America. I like the audiences there. It's the home of a lot of music I grew up with. "

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" Being a musician is a noble profession. "

" I'd heard a lot of Motown and Stax when I was a kid, but the more well-known end of it. On Jam tours, we had a DJ called Ady Croasdell who ran a '60s club. He turned me on to underground stuff and what people call northern soul. It just blew my mind. "

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" Going to college was never an option. I was passionate about music, but how much talent I actually had was another matter. "

" Led Zeppelin would never have reformed if he or Jimmy Page were bald. "

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" Of course I'm proud of what I've done, but I'm interested in what's next. I want to be relevant now, in 2012. I've done my bit for the past. I've only ever been about what's next, really, and I'll be that way until I keel over. "

" I wear jeans and a T-shirt sometimes. I just like clothes - since the first time I can remember, like age ten or eleven; I was just obsessed with music and clothes. Just like a lot of people in England from my generation. "

" I could write songs about politics, but I'm conscious of not writing songs that sound the same as the ones I wrote 30 years ago. "

" For me, the best thing I can do is play live. The best way for me to put over what I'm trying to do is to play live. Whether it's an acoustic show, electric or whatever... if I shine at all, that's where it all really happens - it just took me a while to rediscover that. "

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" In all honesty, I don't know what one song can change. "

" Everyone gets frustrated and aggressive, and I'd sooner take my aggression out on a guitar than on a person. "

" I don't like the royal family, I don't like the establishment, I don't like the civil service. "

" I never, ever wanted to be the Rolling Stones. Bless their hearts, but I don't necessarily want to go on doing the same old thing for the next 10, 20 years... I could see how easy it is to get into that rut, the whole touring mindset. "

" When I listen to a record, or when I'm making a record, I listen to everything. I listen to the drums, the bass, the voice, the arrangement. I listen to the whole piece as an ensemble. I don't only listen to the guitar player. "

" I didn't imagine getting to 50, let alone still be playing music. When I was 18, I thought it'd all be over by the time I was 21. "

" There are so many artists who get to my age that get comfortable and just stick in a groove, and I really don't want to do that. "

" In my old age, my mind gets more open, and I listen to so many different types of music and I guess that all reflects in my work. "

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" I never saw myself as a spokesman for a generation. It was all a bit heavy for me. I saw myself as a songwriter and wrote for myself, which I still do, and I also wanted to communicate with my audience. "

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" There is a shy side to me that evaporates when I play on stage, and I like that. I think it's another facet of my character, and I need to do that. "

" People say you make your best work when you're in despair and all that, and at your lowest - but for me, I think happiness makes you positive, and I think that's a good creative place to write from. "

" I'm so lucky, I'm just really grateful for what I've got around me - children and my wife and everything else. "

" No man should have cowboys boots in his wardrobe. That's fair enough, isn't it? Unless you're a cowboy, of course. "

" If you're making music, you must want to turn other people on to it, whether you're number one in the charts or number 60. I don't know, that's a commercial thing, but just the fact that other people like you... there's no point in making music, otherwise. Otherwise, you might as well make it in your bedroom and leave it there. "