I retired once but you've got to have something to retire to and I don't want to do anything. My job is like a well paid hobby, I mean not a hobby but I'm not lining up every morning at the bus queue to go to work. I'm very lucky.

I wish I didn't have to perform 'Iron Man' every night.

When you’re in love, it’s not just about the messing around in the sack, it’s about how empty you feel when they’re gone.

Jesus Christ was the original rock'n'roll star. He gave people reasons to live in the rut they were living in. He was the first man to say, "You don't have to have human sacrifices, 'cause human sacrifices hurt somebody, you know?" Just believe in the spirit that is within you.

The birth of a doubt that was once your belief is drowning in the tears that you cry.

I open the door for old ladies, I help old ladies across the road. I do a show for leukemia every year, but I don't broadcast that because it's against my image.

In the Seventies I was so scared I wouldn't go on stage.