Say what you like about my bloody murderous government,' I says, 'but don't insult me poor bleedin' country.
“And as I grew older, I then auditioned for the Royal Academy of Music in London, and they said, well, no, we won't accept you, because we haven't a clue - you know - of the future of a so-called 'deaf' musician. And I just couldn't quite accept that.”
“It's a marvelous feeling when someone says 'I want to do this song of yours' because they've connected to it. That's what I'm after.”