While he could stay in his own niche forever, he's not impervious to what else is going on in music. He listens to a lot of things at home, from early rockers and, obviously, the blues greats, to Dylan, Segovia and avante-garde jazz. I think it's essential to remain a fan. People who have that enthusiasm and still have idols are healthy. I meet people who say nothing's happening, but it's just not true.
People get lazy when their record collection s got beyond a certain point, so they're jaded.
After the gush of music in the 60s and early 70s, I suppose some people are bound to be a bit zonked out by it. Nobody needs the new Beatles. There are always plenty of people around worth listening to, a lot of undiscovered people. It's so unimportant. Like they pick Bruce Springsteen, a good artist, and try to make him the new saviour.