I heard Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis, and that was it. I didn't ever want to be anything else. I just started banging away and semi-studied classical music at the Royal Academy of Music but sort of half-heartedly.

Poor cow, you'll get your dumb man. You'll see your whole life coming at you in the back of his hand.

Better to build a bridge than a wall.

Loneliness was tough, the toughest role you ever played. Hollywood created a superstar, and pain was the price you paid.

I've watched other people singing, I've become a much better singer. I've become a singer that plays the piano instead of a piano player that sings.

The great thing about rock and roll is that someone like me can be a star.

I had no balance in my life. I was this one person onstage and this person offstage, who really didn't know much about living.