That's just a part of being an artist: you can't write great stuff all the time, because if you did, then you'd be inhuman. The human side of people is that sometimes they fail.

Ever since I had that interview in which I said I was bisexual it seems twice as many people wave at me in the streets.

Well, I've had my fair share in Britain of battling the tabloids.

Top dog, top hat, move that muscle, move that fat.

I didn't really know what I was until I came to America and I had sex [for the first time] in San Francisco in 1970. It was with someone of my own sex.

I really don't need the public's money. I'd like to have something on the internet with charitable donation optional, where anyone can download my music for free.

I tour as many countries as possible, and I've toured every state in America, plus every province in Canada.