I think of myself as a positive agnostic. I don't know, therefore I'm open. I don't know, therefore I'm interested.

With all due respect to Mick Jagger, who is one of my idols, I think it's a mistake to leap around and sing at 53. When I started, there weren't any women I looked up to. It was Mick. I never saw anybody go on a stage and have that tongue-in-cheek attitude. It was all straight, including the Beatles. I love his attitude, hands on hips and lips out.

When the truth is found to be lies, and all the joy within you dies.

I left rock and roll professionally at about 49. That's too long as far as I'm concerned. Some people can do it; it depends on what you were.

If I were gay, life would be a lot simpler. I'm kind of annoyed that I'm not.

I think old people are scary. They remind you of your own death. People don't like to tell you that.

Being in a rock n' roll band was like being in a Sherman tank. Nothing got to you. You were surrounded and protected by men.