He referred to me as an 'insufferable puffed-up prat'. This is a bit rich coming from a man who actually married his own mother.

When you're younger, you see the people who are in power and think they must have that position because of some degree of skill. And as you get older, you realize it's not true, that most people in those positions are absolutely inept. And this naturally makes you feel better about yourself.

I didn't really see the British punk movement, if that's what it was, as wildly original, because I had been listening so intently to all the New York music since 1973, really.

I don't even know if I exist offstage.

The heart has a heart of its own.

Even now - in the final hour of my life - I'm falling in love again.

I do think it's possible to go through life and never fall in love, or find someone who loves you.