I've gone through so much in my life. I should have been dead a long time ago, but I am still here, and I'm the happiest I've ever been.

I'm not starry eyed, and I'm not money crazy.

When I look out at the people and they look at me and they're smiling, then I know that I'm loved. That is the time when I have no worries, no problems.

I was originally like a punker, know what I mean, like the punks are today, I'd spit in a minute.

It's the same thing now. When I go onstage the young people scream and holler as much as the older generation.

See, I don't like places where people can't dance - don't like clubs or theatres where a bunch of bourgeois people sit around tip, tip, tipping their fingers.

I sing the songs that people need to hear.