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.

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

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

Once you have people around you who don't question you, you're in a dangerous place.

In the '50s you weren't taught about sex whatsoever. It was never just talked about. People used to snoop behind their curtains and look at the neighbors. And if a girl became pregnant in your part of the world, she was shipped off to the countryside.

I don't have a computer. I am the Luddite of rock'n'roll, I don't have a portable phone. I write things down.

As a child, as a teenager, I was kind of not allowed to wear fashionable clothes.