When stars collide, like you and I, no shadow blocks the sun" - The One

I've got that resilient thing inside me. But I wasn't a happy bunny.

On Keith Richards: He's like a monkey with arthritis.

I'm 57, I can't look like a 30-year-old. You try to hold age at bay, but there comes a point when you just have to give up gracefully.

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

A great editor is the most valuable thing you can have as an artist because, as you said, sometimes you get too close to something. I think, apart from your talent, that's why you have the career you have - because you have great people behind you.

I do like my rock stars to be a little larger than life. I don't mind the earnest ones at all, but I do like a bit of individuality.