OUT I’ve never really had a job, but I’ve always managed to make a living

Walking and all the stuff that hurts. I like going out to dinner and having nice food served. I love sweets and I like to drink a martini, but it’s all just fattening. I have to be somewhat strict otherwise I’ll be 300lb.”

He sighs: “I don’t want to get to 600lbs like some in the US. How is that? It’s a symptom of something. America is in rough shape. There’s these people and they can’t get out of their own houses.

“There is a TV show The 600lb Man, but there are lots of these people. Something is wrong. It’s like ancient Rome. This is just decadent. Everyone says you can’t say that, it’s being cruel, but you can’t say anything. You need a list of the few things you are OK saying.

“People will all have cameras soon recording everything and watching everything back at the end of the day. I think that’s what’s going to happen. You have an argument when you are out and say ‘I didn’t say that,’ well, rewind and let’s see.”

He pauses for breath before adding: “Alright, this is why I’m a songwriter. I think about these things.”

So what is Don’s perfect escape away from the hassles of modern living? “I like to get up in the morning in the desert... I like living in California now quite a bit, I’d get some food and watch Donald Trump, then get lunch and come back and sit for a while by the pool and get some sun... or jump in the freezing water.

“I like to do all that.”