“It is not the money but the self-respect and wanting to create good music.”

You are never really prepared for criticism.

I’ve never been into parties, premieres or night-clubbing

The secret is to make sure your family comes before anything else, because no matter what you do you’ve got to come home.

We enjoy change and freshness, and disco was only one area we’ve delved into.

I’m very much a family person.

When you are in your 20’s and 30’s, you just want a hit record and you don’t really care how it happens

As long as you’re having fun, that’s the key. The moment it becomes a grind, it’s over.

I’m Mr Boring, not a party-goer at all.

I will always have my songs and I don’t think I will ever dry-up

I would be content if I had nothing but a tape-recorder. I could still write songs and record them

Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk, I’m a woman’s man: no time to talk.

I never really did any disco dancing.

Im the eldest at 51, and if the Stones can drag themselves around once more, then theres a few more albums in us.

I’ve worked with a lot of people who are more famous than myself who are terribly insecure.

Maurice was a silly man. Maurice liked being silly.

I like blues but it is music I am too ignorant to understand.