you know, it s an incredible i ve got this house and a couple of other houses quite like it so it s phenomenal. you know, it s my dream came true. when i went into the business i thought, well, a couple of quid the next couple of months it s be happy but 40 odd years later america s been a great friend to you. oh, man, it really has. tell me about your thoughts on america. well, as far as i go, they ve been a very loyal crowd. you know, they ve ups and downs with record sales but as far as concert ticks it s been quite regular. you know. how much time do you spend here. most of the time. i m a tax exile. i left in 197 afrom great britain so i m here for six months of the year. do you like it here. i do. yeah, i do. most british people unless they ve spent some time here dent seem to like it. find it an unfriendly place but most of my mates here are british. more british people here than anywhereout side the uk.
they ve spent some time here dent seem to like it. find it an unfriendly place but most of my mates here are british. more british people here than anywhereout side the uk. what do you miss about back home? i suppose i miss the british cynicism and humor. i catch up with the football. i watch as much football here as i can, but my brothers still live there. my sister lives there. i miss the family side of it but we go back and forwards probably six, seven times a year. i suppose the obvious place to start with you, rod, as with all interviews with you would be women. go ahead. you ve had a sort of lifetime pursuit of glamourous women. would you plead guilty to that? that s a very dangerous question. you know, i have enjoyed, you know, to this day i don t see what women have seen in me. we re all baffled. me especially. i see myself in the morning when i get up.