I had progressed on stage as a performer, but I hadn't progressed as a human being.

I'm not walking around the stage, I'm not moving.

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'm not bored with my life. I'm not just making the records and touring, I would find that boring.

Well, as I was saying... everyone's so nice to me, usually.

It's very important to have two tiaras when you're on the road. You never know when you'll be invited to something really formal.

I've dodged so many bullets. Not just because of unsafe sex, but because of the amount of drugs I did, the amount of alcohol, the amount of work I was doing. I started the Elton John AIDS Foundation because I got so lucky.