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.

It would be positively boring if minds were in tune.

I'm quite certain that the audience that I've got for my stuff don't listen to the lyrics.

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.

To be taken seriously about doing something creative and probably travel a lot. That was my motivation. I knew I was good, I knew I could write. I also knew you could get laid really easily.

That's the shock: All cliches are true. The years really do speed by. Life really is as short as they tell you it is. And there really is a God - so do I buy that one? If all the other cliches are true... Hell, don't pose me that one.

I never really had much of an interest in fashion.