“This empty kitchen's whereI'd while away the hoursJust next to my old chairYou'd usually have some flowersThe shelves of booksEven the picture hooksEverything is goneBut my heart is hanging onIf th...”

“There's so many different worlds, so many different suns. And we have just one world, but we live in different ones.”

“The drinking dens are spilling outThere's staggering in the squareThere's lads and lasses falling aboutAnd a crackling in the airDown around the dungeon doorsThe shelters and the queuesEverybody's ...”

“Im a maker of ballads right prettyI write them right here in the streetYou can buy them all over the cityyours for a penny a sheetIm a word pecker out of the printersout of the dens of Gin LaneIll ...”

“There happened to be guitar classes at the college, and there was a guitar teacher there with whom I used to play. In addition, I also would go out into country schools and teach little kids basic ...”

“My idea of heaven is a place where the Tyne meets the Delta, where folk music meets the blues.”