I know for a fact that Heaven and Hell are here on Earth.

I never like photos of myself in the beginning. I live with them for three months, put them in a drawer, take them out and look again. I hate the way I look, but of course it's really not that bad.

I don't see decadence really as what you do, because I don't do much at all that is decadent in my life. But I still am decadent. It's a state of mind, I think.

I don't like the compression on compact discs. It's lacking in air, and it's lacking in majesty.

I am not frightened of much, but I wouldn't like to get ill.

The only time I ever really consider retiring is when I get fed up with the press. Which is often.

The equipment you've got really dictates what you're going to do. When I started touring, there were no monitors, so I had to take the sound from the hall, and of course it was on a delay, so I would sing, and then I would hear it back, but later. It was very weird.