Only a madman or an actor would want to be President of the United States.

As long as my face is on page one, I don't care what they say about me on page seventeen.

Something that you can't play in your kitchen is rap. It is done in your neighbour's kitchen.

The grown-up world was a very ordered society in the early '60s, and I was coming out of it. America was even more ordered than anywhere else. I found it was a very restrictive society in thought and behavior and dress.

I don't like drugs. I think cocaine is a very bad, habit-forming bore. It's about the most boring drug ever invented.

I have never wanted to give up performing on stage, but one day the tours will be over.

Quite often when I record a song, writing it and making a demo is the big thing and, after that, I think, how do I actually translate this into real life? A lot of the time I think I can't be bothered.