The 50s were great because I collected stamps.

I kind of disguise my limitations by hanging out with very talented people. The excitement of the collision between the microphone-twirling guy from 1966 to now is just a fantastic adventure. There aren't many of us left and I've managed to kind of cover my tracks pretty good.

I've lived a life which has been pretty much full up with ambition, ideas, stimulus, creativity, some negativity which I try and avoid.

My sort of stability as a character, it's never been one of my strongest attributes. I'm a bit of a clusterf*ck. I get so many great ideas that I kind of mesmerize people with another plan before the previous plan is hatched out.

You have to ask these questions: who pays the piper, and what is valuable in this life?

It's crucial that I kind of keep up, without drifting into the backslapping land of cliche and lifetime achievement awards.

I've stopped apologizing to myself for having this great period of success and financial acceptance.