That came from my mother. She was the biggest influence on my life. I remember once refusing to get on a bus with her because she was wearing a mink, and I thought we should be taking a taxi. She just said, 'Who cares what people think?' and I remember sitting on that bus, being utterly embarrassed, but knowing somehow that she was totally correct.

Every band needs it's own special chemistry. And Bez was a very good chemist.

The special relationship between the region and a regional celebrity means that people feel that they have a special investment in you.

There is no celebrity quite as powerful as the local, homegrown celebrity.

When forced to pick between truth and legend, print the legend.

Energy, energy? Energy is, is, it's nothing more than a lot of new age hokum masquerading as religion.

I'm a minor player in my own life story.