I think there's something peculiar about me that I haven't died. It doesn't make sense but I refuse to die.

You are never so alone as when you are ill on stage. The most nightmarish feeling in the world is suddenly to feel like throwing up in front of four thousand people.

If I'm such a legend, then why am I so lonely? Let me tell you, legends are all very well if you've got somebody around who loves you.

Velveeta: you can eat it - or wax your car with it!

I was born in a lovely white house with a garden.

When you have lived the life I've lived, when you've loved and suffered, and been madly happy and desperately sad -- well, that's when you realize you'll never be able to set it all down. Maybe you'd rather die first.

Audiences have kept me alive.