I'm not a morose person; it's just that my best songs reflect on the sadder aspects of life.

Whenever I'm home, I haven't got any makeup on. But even in the studio, before I do vocals, I put makeup on.

But everyone I know reaches a point where they throw out their arms and go beserk for a while; otherwise you never know what your limits are. I was just trying to find mine.

Every animal would rather die themselves than lose their offspring. But it's just genes, isn't it? All of our existence is spent worrying about the next generation, but we don't actually seem to get anywhere.

In some cases, I quite like irritating people who need to be irritated.

I'd rather spend my time looking at the sky than listening to Whitney Houston.

The very first concert I ever went to on my own was actually Rory Gallagher. In a one-month period in 1973 or '74, I saw him, Thin Lizzy and the Rolling Stones. I wasn't really a big Rory Gallagher fan, but I thought his guitar playing was fabulous. But Thin Lizzy, they were fabulous.