The music we play has to be tomorrow's, the things we say have to be today, and the reason for bothering is yesterday.

Tough boys running the streets, come a little closer. Rough toys under the sheets, nobody knows her.

I only really started to go to plays and to be interested in drama 20 years ago when as an artist I was already well-rounded. I think I'm more disciplined today.

As a young man, every bone in my body wanted to pick up a machine gun and kill Germans. And yet I had absolutely no reason to do so. Certainly nobody invited me to do the job. But that's what I felt that I was trained to do. Now no part of my upbringing was militaristic.

Enjoy life. And be careful what you pray for - remember, you will get it all.

I see a boy with his mother's ambition, performing for love, trained in submission.

It wasn't just about flashing lights and pinball machines blowing up and things like that. It was about using encores, bringing back the good songs and using techniques that I knew about from rock performance.