The great moments of rock 'n' roll were never off in some corner of the music world in a self-constructed ghetto.

Great classic music that I've been turned on to has not only inspired and influenced me but it has had an effect on my songwriting.

So it was out of necessity that Blackheart was born. I think it's great that now 25 years later we're not only putting out our own music but are able to put out music by other bands. That's really exciting for us.

And you have a record company behind it this is a key too you need people to fight for your records at least a little bit. So if you have a great song it's catchy and you've got a little bit of help I think that's all you need. But there hasn't been that in music.

I think it's important for people who love music to retain physical CDs or even vinyl because it sounds so great and so much warmer than music over the internet.

Music is a great natural high and a great natural escape.

Pop changes week to week month to month. But great music is like literature.

There's a great enthusiasm for good country music all over the world.

I'm quite private. And I never wanted to be the biggest star in the world really. So in that sense I've got a good balance of doing great shows of making an appearance every now and then and writing music and I don't really have to do much else.

If you like my music great and if you don't whatever. I'm going to keep making it either way.