I think these days a lot of the younger generation feels that the world owes them something. But you've got to get off your backside and you've got to do all the crap stuff, too.

Every now and again I need to get away from everything. I'm quite a hidey-hole kind of a guy.

Now, I'm the most impatient person that ever walked the planet. However: for the best, you always wait.

Getting an award on Top Gear is better than getting a Grammy.

I think these days a lot of the younger generation feels that the world owes them something. But you've got to get off your backside and you've got to do all the crap stuff, too.

I think a lot of ladies get quite scared about people like me, 'rock stars', and it can be hard to meet the right sort of person.

I'm not gonna give the British Government the joy of keeping taxing me. They don't tax art. And all my cars are just a collection of art.