When we started playin" in London, we were just walkin" onstage in our street clothes," said Wilko Johnson. "We didn't have any special clothes to play in, we were just goin" on playin". I mean I knew at the time it wasn't the "done" thing for bands to go on wearin" suits, denim was more popular...so I realized we looked a bit different. I mean after all, they were just ordinary clothes. You could see thousands of bank clerks dressed exactly like that in the city of London every morning. Why should people think it's so weird? I think we're one of the straightest lookin" bands on the road.. .Yes, we believe in all the home virtues..."

Cleveland: In the middle of the afternoon Wilko Johnson sat in his immaculate hotel room dressed head to toe in my favorite color. Black pinstripe suit, shirt, tie, socks, shoes. There really isn't anything strange about that; but when you've seen dozens of rockstar hotel rooms strewn about with scarves, satin jackets, patchworked denims and shoes made of indeterminate fabrics, Wilko's starkness is surreal.