There was a time in America not long ago when rock 'n' roll was called race music, and white kids who wanted to go see Chuck Berry were completely forbidden.

I'll ruin everything you are, I'll give you television.

There's not much point in getting any heavier... there's too many things to read and look at.

It's a compulsive need to wreck everything. You might notice there's a pattern of stripping down and building back up again throughout my life. But I guess that's how some of us conduct our lives.

I wish myself to be a prop, if anything, for my songs. I want to be the vehicle for my songs. I would like to colour the material with as much visual expression as is necessary for that song.

I'm afraid of Americans; I'm afraid of the world; I'm afraid I can't help it.

I think fame itself is not a rewarding thing. The most you can say is that it gets you a seat in restaurants.