"I went up to Prince and said 'I'm a big fan of your stuff' and he looked at me and just walked off...left me standing there like a ****. He's a prat, but a clever prat."

"I've always been a fan, so my enthusiasm has always been great, but it's never going to be the same as it was from 1970 to 1975. You cannot repeat that, but you can get inspired by searching, by being mystified."

"I'm the ultimate record fan. I still go out and buy records."

"Well, I'm a huge fan of Ryan Adams, who's from North Carolina. And he's beginning to break really quite big."