I didn't really want to give up music.

But when you get music and words together, that can be a very powerful thing.

Other bands wanted to wreck hotel rooms; Roxy Music wanted to redecorate them.

But I do like to have peace and quiet for a good hour.

Secretly, I wanted to look like Jimi Hendrix, but I could never quite pull it off.

Women! I have no idea. I don't know anything about women at all. They're a complete mystery to me.

And Mary J. Blige, she's got all these fur coats and hats and stuff. She's good; I like her.

I don't do interviews at all when I'm on tour, so this time, on a day off, I'll do that kind of thing a little bit. I don't do big promotion schedules, not when I'm touring.

Why should I spoil my mood by wearing an ugly suit?

I've had quite a few moments I've liked, so it's good enough.

It's fabulous when you do that, when you discover somebody who you like, when you kind of feel those feelings, even though he articulates them better.

You presume to name those who have no name. We are pandemonium and disaster. We are the dancing, gibbering horror of the world.

I never believed in Santa Claus because I knew no white dude would come into my neighbourhood after dark.

There are so many elements that make a good film. You need a great director who's driving it.

Who, except the poets, reads poetry?

I've learned people are watching, so don't do nothing stupid.

People living their lives for you on TV; They say they're better than you, and you agree.

The American Dream is ownership … a house, a car, a vacation home and, even better, your own business

Don't be too dismissive of children. While it's true that few children are artists, all artists are children.

Don't drink at all, don't smoke, you must exercise and eat vegetables and fruit.

We like to hunt and golf and drive around lost, and scratch and spit, and a whole lot of other disgusting stuff.