My father hated rock and roll - hated it. My first real argument with my father was over the Rolling Stones. And he never, ever liked rock and roll. He just liked me.

The film [Dream of Life] looks at a time in my life.

I think it's important for people to realize that we were all young, all naive, and also we had lived in a time that had magic.

The two things that constantly inspired me were books and travel.

Often the simplest song is the hardest to write.

When you do controversial work, you're going to upset a certain amount of people.

I'd try to write my poems in a certain rhythm. I had my rock 'n' roll stuff for performing and my denser stuff for writing.