Ballad Aficionado Gifts

Adele plus inspiration

Anna Calvi

"After the show, I'll be autographing any computer or phone screens where my albums are streamed."

Felix Mendelssohn

Orchestra.

"You've got those Stuck-in-the-Subway-Listening-to-a-Guy-Massacre-Dylan Blues."

"Same story every morning - 'Can you come and fix our windmill?'..."

Annie, the Reptile version: 'The sun will come out tomorrow! Tomorrow! You will sun yourself tomorrow!'

Cafe Momus from La Boheme

"I'll have a cup of coffee, and would you mind removing that ridiculous painting and turning off the Wilco?"

Elvis Presley

"Toi Toi Toi!"

"Do you know any other songs besides the theme to The Andy Griffin Show?"

"The Monster Mash wasn't just about having fun. We were protesting Vietnam."

"Yes, I said bring me the king. . .But not that king."

Algorithm 'n' Blues

'Other dogs howl at the moon, I've trained mine to play Bach.'

Bryan Ferry

Kanya West Inspired Children Books.

Piano Keyboard

Eric Clapton.

Fossil record player.

Woman crying with happiness.

"I like his earlier work better, particularly the ones I said I didn't like at the time."

Violin Practise

"In my next album 'Gettin' Back', I refute all the strong beliefs expressed in 'Gettin' There', my previous album."

'Can't he ever use a different kind of chart?'

"I've got those 'Don't worry about me, I'll just be here, all alone' blues."

"So, to sum up, I would like to say that Shakespeare is an awesome genius in the same category as Albert Einstein and Jerry Garcia."

"Thank you! That last tune took some fancy fingerpickin'. Apologies to those in the front who may have gotten a press - on nail or two in their drink."

Trilby - 'Bonjour, Suzon!'

"Apparently the Ebola virus can make your ears bleed."

Jimi Hendrix.

Elevator Music

Greatest hits, Greatest Misses.