I remember what a thrill it was to go from the back streets of Birmingham to Madison Square Garden in New York...it's like playing on Mars. You can't buy that.

I would lock myself in my room and drink a case of Corona and smoke a load of pot.

I used to get upset by people not understanding me, but I’ve made a career out of it now.

I've been dictating to my son, who's helping me on his computer. I'm spending a lot of time doing research - I've just got up to 1971, when I went crazy and dived through the window. My life is so full of interesting stories.

They teach you how to handle life in England, but they don’t teach you a thing about death. There’s no book telling you what to do when your mum or dad dies.

I'm hoping to do a Broadway musical on the life of Rasputin. He's someone I can definitely identify with.

It was such an amazing time for music in the Sixties. When popular music hit me, it was like magic was in the air.