“I was more ashamed that I couldn't work the washing machine than the fact that I was taking drugs.”
“Everything I thought I'd hate about having children - the crying, the screaming - nothing fazes me. I love it all, and it's relaxed me.”
“I do work a lot. I mean, most of my income, I would say, comes from live performances. And then you've got publishing, you've got record royalties.”
“I do like my rock stars to be a little larger than life. I don't mind the earnest ones at all, but I do like a bit of individuality.”
“I tour as many countries as possible, and I've toured every state in America, plus every province in Canada.”
“I've never been jealous of anybody's success. I've been flummoxed by it because I don't understand it, but I'm not jealous of it.”
“As a child, as a teenager, I was kind of not allowed to wear fashionable clothes.”
“I could never go onstage in denims.”
“Because, I figured that, because I was a successful man, I was wealthy, I was, you know, seemingly intelligent - even that I am not intelligent enough to ask for help.”
“I went to a mixed school and I can't remember being bullied at school, ever. I was quite large, in those days. Usually, if you're going to be a bully, you'll pick on someone who is small. I didn't bully anybody, and I don't remember being bullied.”