I don't understand the art of compromise, and it's a shame the politicians don't understand that as well, you know, we might have a better, clearer world. But then saying that, we might also get a lot of Donald Trump's running left right and centre.

I'm not limited to categories or genres. Anything human beings come up with fascinates me. If a three-legged idiot like me can dance to it, then that's all well and fine.

What do you have to do to get people to take an interest? I'm not going to go out and cause a silly sex scandal just to sell a record!

I'm not going to pontificate and tell you to execute your government at dawn, but it wouldn't be a bad idea.

I don't need a Rolls-Royce, I don't need a house in the country, I don't need to live in the south of France. I'm quite happy as I am.

Rock n' roll is over, don't you get it? It lasted 25 years and now gets wiped out. The Sex Pistols were the bullet in the brain. They were the last rock and roll band.

I had an Irish Catholic education. Horrible nuns, vindictive and cruel.