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.

To be taken seriously about doing something creative and probably travel a lot. That was my motivation. I knew I was good, I knew I could write. I also knew you could get laid really easily.

Pop stars are capable of growing old. Mick Jagger at 50 will be marvelous - a battered old roue - I can just see him. An aging rock star doesn't have to opt out life. When I'm 50, I'll prove it.

I don't like people probing into my life, so I reveal as little as possible or lie about it as much as need be so as to give them something to write about.

Don't let me hear you say life takes you nowhere, angel.

It's only forever... Not long at all.

I'm afraid of Americans; I'm afraid of the world; I'm afraid I can't help it.