"I do a job I really, really love and I kind of have fun with. People think you can't be grown up unless you're moaning about your job."
"Hendrix was the first person I had come across who seemed completely free, and when you're nine or 10, your life is entirely dominated by adults. So he represented this thing that I wanted to be. Hendrix was the first person who made me think it might be good to be a singer and a guitarist - before that I wanted to be a footballer."
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Source: Timeless tunesmith. Interview with Will Hodgkinson, www.theguardian.com. May 30, 2003.
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