All I ever wanted to do was to do something good so that my parents could be proud of me.

I didn't think anything we did was spectacular. I remember we thought, 'Let's just write some scary music.'

The bike went up in the air and landed on my back. It broke my neck, smashed my collarbone and splinters of bone severed my main artery. My lung filled up with blood. I severed my nerves and to this day I have no feeling there.

I'm a very simple man. You've got to have, like, a computer nowadays to turn the TV on and off... and the nightmare continues.

I have a genuine love affair with my audience. When I'm on stage they're not privileged to see me. It's a privilege for me to see them.

He protected his feelings in walls he imagined, but castles crumble exposing the frightened child.

When you get to 60, the word "retirement" comes in on every conversation.