The French are useless. They can't organize a piss-up in a brewery.

What record companies do these days is drain the blood dry of an album, take six singles off it, and harm the longevity of artists' careers by doing it.

Live for each second without hesitation

I cannot bear successful people who are miserable.

The worst thing you can do to a child, and I've seen it happen so many times, is the silver spoon.

You don't know being a performer what kind of performance you're going to give. You know you can give a certain quality of performance, but as I grow older I'm much more content in my own skin because when I come offstage, I have a balance in my life.

Sometimes you can't see the wood for the trees as an artist.