None of us went to university, none of us went to college, none of us played in a different band before, none of us done anything. We were the last great band to come out of nowhere, on an indie label. We've sold 50 million records. That's still the benchmark. Until someone does what we've done, I'll always consider myself the last big songwriter

Slade was never pretentious. It was just music to them. Pop, rock, soul....it was all the same to Slade. They wrote great songs. And, besides, I'd like to raid their wardrobe.

I'm not interested in making money. It's just that with my talent, I'm cursed with it.

Phil Collins sold five times as many records as I did. Does that make him nearly as influential as I am? Nope.

You can't afford to think about what might have been. You just be aware of what is.

I'm not technically proficient enough to attempt all kinds of music.

I have to be myself, I can't be no one else.