I'm realistic about my age and realistic about the fact that there's an awful lot less in front of me than there is behind me. I've always felt that music is an art form that deserves to live the life of the artist.

We lived the life with Keith Moon. It was all Spinal Tap magnified a thousand times.

You have to keep fit being a singer - that's part of the job. You can't do it unless you have incredible stamina.

My feeling was that I simply didn't have the enthusiasm to do reinvention.

You can do too much and oversell your market.

I used to take amphetamines until I realized that amphetamines didn't go with being a good singer.

I've never wanted to be anyone other than who I am.