In a very short period of time, actors can become kind of relevant and hot.

I've had a great metamorphosis in my life. I struggled for a number of years because I was identified with that image of the Seventies.

My life has flourished in so many ways both personally and professionally that I can't ask for a better life.

All I had done for five years was work 18 hours a day all over the world. I needed to step back and distance myself from it.

For me to go back and to play for audiences some of whom have been following me for thirty years and some who have found me in the last five or six years, that's really an interesting thing. I have an audience that goes from kids to seventy year olds.

When you have had the kind of fame I had, I was always hounded by the media and I lived a very isolated life. Now it's even more difficult. The world has changed dramatically.

I understand the rock star deal having been one and still going out strapping my guitar on and performing. Now, I probably do 30 or 40 dates a year and I get to relive how I felt at 19 when I played in some really bad bands.