I realized the other day that I've lived in New York longer than I've lived anywhere else. It's amazing: I am a New Yorker. It's strange; I never thought I would be.

I ask for so little.Just fear me, love me, do as I say and I will be your slave

I once asked [John] Lennon what he thought of what I do. He said 'it's great, but its just rock and roll with lipstick on'.

I think that the history of rock could be recycled in a different way and brought back into focus without the luggage that comes along with it.

Feeling so gay, feeling so gay.

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

I went to a middle-class school, but my background is working class. I got the best of both worlds, I saw both classes, so I have a pretty fair idea of how people live and why they do it.