I was 16 when I got a scholarship to study classical composition at a conservatory. By that time I had already listened to Scottish folksong with my mother, sung in church choirs, and had sung solo with Benjamin Britten conducting.
I know he played on the last record but I don't wake up in the middle of the night thinking of Eric Clapton.
Some musicians I know are incredible fathers. Like Keith Richards. A fantastic dad.
Well all the big companies are really panicked by the internet thing and all that, and sales went down, although sales have gone up again in this country a bit and also the big companies, because they're so big, they need big sales really so they're not really interested.