For me a chameleon is something that disguises itself to look as much like its environment as possible. I always thought I did exactly the opposite of that.

By the mid-'80s, it was really apparent to me that I really needed to stop losing myself in my work and in my addictions. What happens is you just wake up one morning and feel absolutely dead. You can't even drag your soul back into your body. You feel you have negated everything that is wonderful about life. When you have fallen that far, it feels like a miracle when you regain your love of life.

I've made over 25 studio albums, and I think probably I've made two real stinkers in my time, and some not-bad albums, and some really good albums. I'm proud of what I've done. In fact it's been a good ride.

You would think that a rock star being married to a super-model would be one of the greatest things in the world. It is.

On the other hand, what I like my music to do to me is awaken the ghosts inside of me. Not the demons, you understand, but the ghosts.

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

I was always accused of being cold and unfeeling. It was because I was intimidated about touching people.