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

I'm surrounded by good people. That's the measure of a good life. All the rest is flotsam.

I have to tell you, and I don't mean this as sour grapes or anything, but it is hard to play for fans who see you all the time, makes it much harder.

I've always felt that music is an art form that deserves to live the life of the artist.

No, I was two years older than the other guys. I was a war baby. My family were a lot poorer than they were. I'd had to fight too hard for anything I had in my life and to smash things up for me.

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

I never understood that if you sweat as much as I used to every night, you drain your body of salts. So I got very, very, seriously ill. I got to the stage where I was almost hospitalized with serious problems.