I'd rather be dead than singing "Satisfaction" when I'm forty-five.

A lot of times songs are very much of a moment, that you just encapsulate. They come to you, you write them, you feel good that day, or bad that day.

I see songwriting as having to do with experience, and the more you've experienced, the better it is. But it has to be tempered, and you just must let your imagination run.

Americans shocked me by their behavior and their narrow-mindedness.

I love America, but I can't spend the whole year here. I can't afford the taxes.

For some people it's real therapy to talk to journalists about their private lives and inner thoughts. But I would rather keep something to myself.

When we heard we were topping the bill over James Brown we couldn't believe it. We tried for two days to get it changed round - I mean you can't follow an act like that.