I owe everything to the musicians I work with.

I'm not saving lives. I'm singing and I should go placidly and joyously through the whole thing and work hard and not take it for granted. It's great to have this gift.

Whenever I have bid a hasty goodbye to a loved one, I've always made sure that my record collection was safely stored away in the boot of the car.

Life isn't moving quickly - time moves very quickly.

It's not some great work of beauty and love to be a rock-and-roll singer.

Music means communication to me. I say 'listen you people out there, listen to my music, let's be one.' Music is a friend to me when I am lonely, when I am blue. You can't define music 'cause music is cosmos and it knows no barrier or definition. You have to feel music to dig it.

Maybe I'm just flying my own little ego ship, but sometimes people resent talent.