It is widely held that too much wine will dull a man's desire. Indeed it will...in a dull man.

I'm a lyric man - I'm always looking for meaningful songs.

I think it's good that I had some experience of the real world before I became successful. You know, having to get up in the morning and going to work in construction.

Oh yeah, I would have been a coal miner, I would think, if I hadn't had tuberculosis when I was 12.

I couldn't do the heavy rock thing anymore. Noddy Holder was around kicking every singer in the ***. I never wanted to be a pop singer. Christ, how I hated Noddy!

Dean Martin always dressed very well but then he was a good looking fella with a good physique so he could wear anything.

I think the first time I ever wore a tuxedo was when I played at the Talk Of The Town in 1967, because it was a nightclub and that was the thing to do.