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

Heathenism is a state of mind. You can take it that I'm referring to one who does not see his world. He has no mental light. He destroys almost unwittingly. He cannot feel any Gods presence in his life. He is the 21st century man.

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.

It's not the side-effects of the cocaine - I'm thinking that it must be love. It's too late to be grateful, It's too late to be hateful, It's too late to be late again, The European cannon is here.

Don’t you love the Oxford Dictionary? When I first read it, I thought it was a really really long poem about everything.

There have been times when I've written something and it goes out and it comes back in a letter from some kid as to what they think about it and I've taken their analysis to heart so much that I have taken up his thing. Writing what my audience is telling me to write.

I am a moderately good singer. I am not a great singer but I can interpret a song, which I don't think is quite the same as singing it.