Somebody told me about a band that works out their whole set as if it was one song. They learn the whole set as one piece, so they know how the dynamics of it work. It's really difficult to do, and you can only really do it while you're on tour, as being in a rehearsal studio is not the same as being on stage in front of an audience.
It must be tiring being Bob Dylan for the past 50 years. People act like he's not even human, which must be hard work. Every room he walks into just goes quiet.
Elton John is an absolute lad. He's a hero.
I'm a modern-day renaissance man.
For me, food and music are very similar in that you create, you spend a lot of time making something, and it only lasts a few seconds or a few minutes.
I've seen the Stones play for three hours, and the crowd knew every song. It's what you want in a headline slot at a festival.
My dream is to tour for 50 years.
We're in a long line of English people pretending to be Americans and not being as good as Americans.
You can never really tell what your influences are.
The New Lost City Ramblers are a very good comparison, actually. They really took the music seriously, and we take the music very seriously. But we don't take ourselves seriously at all.
We formed the band because we wanted to tour. That was our common interest.
One of the things we say in this band is if it's not fun, it's not worth doing.
The less I try, the cooler I am.
We're not, like, hard men.
Technically, I suppose I was following all the right behavior patterns of a trustafarian.
England's just very cynical.
We get accused of inauthenticity because we play the instruments we play.
It's very important, when everyone else seems to be pigeon-holing you, to try and pigeon-hole yourself.
If you can't pigeon-hole yourself, who can you pigeon-hole?
We play the instruments we love.
