I nearly die of fear before I go on stage. Something wicked. I can't eat a thing the day before a gig.

Some song ideas absolutely require a kind of rigid discipline, and others require absolute chaotic abandon. The form is only valid if you know how to un-form it. I don't mean to sound like an intellectual here!

You're made to feel ugly, and I made ugly beautiful. Just by sheer persistence. Nobody has the right to say that I am ugly, and I will not be a professional victim, you know. Sorry!

I'm not this callous clown walking around laughing at life all the time. I've had some serious, serious problems in my life. But I've come out with a smile.

I have the integrity of a teenager and that's never going to be stolen from me. I'm the original virgin.

I have a sensible set of values that tell me to never lie.

I don't think there's any such thing as rock n' roll anymore - it's an amalgamation of business interests.