But I've got to think of myself as the luckiest guy. Robert Johnson only had one album's worth of work as his legacy. That's all that life allowed him.

It makes me sad when I see artists who come alive when they go onstage, because, gee, I really come alive when I'm home.

[David] Bowie went on to make best-selling music - funk, dance music, electronic music, while also being influenced by cabaret and jazz.

I'm still younger than Jagger... Most people are.

My particular thing is discovering what can be done with media and how it can be used. You can't draw people together like one big huge family, people don't want that. They want isolation or a tribal thing.

I think the first song I ever wrote ... was called "Can't Help Thinking About Me." That's an illuminating little piece, isn't it?

I rate Morrissey as one of the best lyricists in Britain. For me, he's up there with Bryan Ferry.