I always think I'm the Tom Cruise of music - a lot of success and fans, but no critics, darling.

Some of my best friends are gay guys, and they said, "You're so straight, we're not interested."

This is the way I look at sex scenes: I have basically been doing them for a living for years. Trying to seduce an audience is the basis of rock 'n roll, and if I may say so, I'm pretty good at it.

Guys will take one pair of jeans, five T-shirts and three pair of socks and that'll get you by for 10 weeks.

We are at a crossroads in the music business: with the rise of the internet, the world we live in has changed, and the past is not coming back. But I see the glass as half-full: the internet and social networking are new avenues for the next Bob Dylan to be born on.

And I laughed so hard I think I died

Women have always ruled my life, be it my mother, my wife, my assistant, or my daughter, so I don't really fight with them. I relinquished control years ago.