I think I mentioned to Bob [Geldof] I could make love for eight hours. What I didn't say was that this included four hours of begging and then dinner and a movie.

I have been through various fitness regimes. I used to run about five miles a day and I did aerobics for a while.

Peter Townshend shows us it's all right to grow up. There is dignity after rock'n'roll.

You have to be yourself. Stay true to who and what you are. And if people still like you, that's great! If they don't, that's their problem.

I have a big problem with piped music. I like either silence or to listen to it properly.

There's no religion but sex and music.

There is no monopoly on common sense on either side of the political fence.