I tried to be just a singer of standards when I was starting out. And there was nothing special enough about my voice to make it that far. So I feel a bit like Rod Stewart. Once you've had that rock career, people will give you that chance where otherwise they might not.

In New York City, when they develop something, they never use the old buildings. It's so wasteful. Why not use what's there?

If we went back to the basics of vegetables, legumes, grains - the things closer to the Earth - it's a lot better for the Earth and for other people. We can feed more people, we can feed the starving people.

I have trouble with any kind of focus or concentrating, or getting anything done at all, really.