And the danger is - and it's happening - is we're seeing an incredibly big rise amongst young gay people, young heterosexual people as far as catching HIV, which is, you know, in an educated country like this or in Britain, it's frightening.

Lawdy Mama, those Friday nights when Suzy wore her dresses down tight.

I just sit there and make up songs and sing to [my son] in gibberish. I'm very good at gibberish now.

He [george W. Bush] lived up - well, he was someone that I wouldn't have voted for. His policies were not mine.

He'd been drinking in a bar downtown, when he thought he heard a choir of angels singing in the Tiki Lounge. And that's when he got religion.

People say, "You should write lyrics" and I say I'm quite happy not to, because I like being part of that process where you write your version of what someone else's lyrics are saying to you, and that enjoyment has never changed.

Onstage, it was always comfortable for me, because that's where I felt at home. Offstage, it was a different situation. I was still shy offstage.