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.

I was just genuinely shy. I'd always been a shy kid.

I've been going to Russia since 1979. I've been going quite frequently, and I've always had a wonderful rapport with the Russian audiences and with the Russian people.

On a street of right and wrong in every inch of sadness, rocks and tanks go hand in hand with madness.

When people go to rehab and come out, they go through a difficult period, a lot of people. I never had that. I was so glad to be rid of all that crap that for me, to learn again and to function as a human being and learn how to participate in the human race again was just pure joy.

I still want to play music but I don't want to look like Donald Duck while I'm doing it.

The less I say the more my work gets done.