I suspect that dreams are an integral part of existence, with far more use for us than we've made of them...The fine line between the dream state and reality is at times, for me, quite grey.

I could never have done what I did without being involved with Lindsay Kemp's company.

I wanted to prove the sustaining power of music.

Fame can take interesting men and thrust mediocrity upon them.

It was like treading water all through the '60s, and when 1970 kicked in, I thought "We're here. Right." God, this is exciting. I'm going to go for it now. I really felt it was my time. Then Marc Bolan did it first. That really pissed me off.

I think much has been made of this alter ego business. I mean, I actually stopped creating characters in 1975 - for albums, anyway.

The people who don't know so much about me regard me more sexually.