When I say I don't have to write pop songs anymore, there's no way I'm going to get on the radio at 60 years of age unless I'm doing a duet with [Lady] Gaga or I was on All of the Lights, which was a Kanye West record that managed to get on the radio.

You can call me a fat, balding, talentless old queen who can't sing, but you can't tell lies about me.

You should never take more than you give

I've been following him since Space Oddity. And I've followed him from all those albums that didn't sell, like The Man Who Sold The World and things like that. Above all, apart from all the glamorous rubbish, the music's there. Ziggy Stardust is a classic album.

I think performers are all show-offs anyway, especially musicians. Unless you show off, you're not going to get noticed.

It's getting late have you seen my mates, Ma tell me when the boys get here, It's seven o'clock and I want to rock, Want to get a belly full of beer...

I was ready to approach her with my English charm, when her brass knuckled boyfriend grabbed me by the arm.