Maybe rock 'n' roll isn't music. Maybe people just need to be reminded that the world ain't the way they think it is.

I get twitchy if I don't pick up a guitar or sit at the piano every now and then... I have to do it; I don't have a choice.

Maybe rock 'n' roll isn't music. Maybe people just need to be reminded that the world ain't the way they think it is.

I'd spent my childhood thinking bad things, bad things every day. It had made me sick, but it had made me determined.

Im going to become the best-remembered artist of my generation by staying away from the party as often as possible. That way, people will remember me, not because I was great, but because I didnt cause them any later embarrassment.

Use it or lose it is a cliche because it's true.

My mission was always intended to be slightly outside the public eye, because that makes me appear more interesting than I really am. A lot of people don’t realise that merely by staying away, you can create a myth.