I think perhaps I touch on a different passion in people. It’s not simple the passion of rock ‘n’ roll rebellion - it’s more romantic than sexual.

I have seen one or two psychiatrists. They just sit and nod and doodle.

I do maintain that if your hair is wrong, your entire life is wrong.

The fire in the belly is essential, otherwise you become Michael Buble - famous and meaningless.

Any criticism of Thatcher throws a dangerously absurd light on the entire machinery of British politics. Thatcher's name must be protected, not because of all the wrong that she had done, but because the people around her allowed her to do it.

Life is a very serious business for the simple reason that nobody dies laughing.

I've only been to Ireland once, and I felt I would wake up with voices in my head, almost like music, and that if I were a songwriter, I would be very inspired.