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.

Am I Machiavellian? I don't think I'm quite the mastermind people would have me be. Everything I do tends to be very successful and it may have something to do with the fact that I'm very good, not necessarily that I manipulate. But that doesn't often occur to people.

I wanted to rewrite how rock music was perceived.

I thought that I could do some kind of vehicle involving rock musicals and presenting rock and characters and storyline in a completely different fashion.

And these children that you spit on as they try to change their worlds are immune to your consultations. They're quite aware of what they're going through.

Elvis was a major hero of mine. I was probably stupid enough to believe that having the same birthday as him actually meant something.

Hitler was the first superstar.