I felt that people would criticize everything. I was so scared about playing Paris. I was very much aware that the greatest concerts my father and mother had done were there. I was sure people would be very tough.

Wanting to do it was much more powerful than the fright.

Girls can wear jeans, cut their hair short, wear shirts and boots, 'cause it's okay to be a boy, but for a boy to look like a girl is degrading.

I started so old, so the touring world will always be a foreign land for me. I'll never be someone who's "been on the road."

Even moving around onstage seemed very artificial. But at the same time you have to make that effort in order to get back to who you are and even accept not moving, if that's who you are.

I found it very difficult to explain to someone why you did a film. It's not like having a conversation.

I used to hate being recognised.