I think Mick Jagger would be astounded and amazed if he realized that to many people he is not a sex symbol, but a mother image.

I really believe that Bob Dylan and others have speeded up the changes. Pacifism has found a voice at last.

A mutual friend knew that we were both [with Iman Abdulmajid] on our own, with broken marriages and with children. We were brought to dinner one night. . . . It was absolutely instantaneous. I couldn't get her out of my mind . . . sleepless nights - real 18-year-old stuff.

The coming together of people I find obscene as a principle. It is not human. It is not a natural thing as some people would have us believe.

People will keep the TV on even if a show is on that they hate - because, unfortunately, they've been programmed to do that.

I made a more mature approach to industrial music.

When we decided to marry, we had two ceremonies - one was more bureaucratic for the sake of the Swiss authorities,then a church service in Florence, and I wrote the music for the church service. The challenge in that was that Iman's [Abdulmajid] family are Muslim and mine are Protestant. I had to be careful about the prayers that we chose and the music I wrote because I didn't want to offend either side.