I don't have any illusions anymore. The illusion that rock 'n' roll could change anything - I don't believe that. I've changed.

You have to keep fit being a singer - that's part of the job. You can't do it unless you have incredible stamina.

We lived the life with Keith Moon. It was all Spinal Tap magnified a thousand times.

When I sing, I try to live the song or live the emotion of the song. The space I'm in doesn't exist. It's another world.

We tend to think of age only in time, but I don't think it has much to do with time at all there's a whole load of other things. I've met 16-year-olds who are old and 90-year-olds who are young.

I think if Keith Moon was here today and you asked him to recall most of his early life or most of his life, he wouldn't be able to recall it.

I've never wanted to be anyone other than who I am.

Rock n' roll seems to have changed society much more than any politician, I think it really has.

We weren't wealthy but we definitely weren't poor. We were incredibly rich because there was a wonderful community in Shepherd's Bush, where I grew up. All my friends were into villainy and crime.

I'm surrounded by good people. That's the measure of a good life. All the rest is flotsam.

First of all, you have to understand that I'm like anybody else. When I hear my voice on a record I absolutely loathe my voice. I cannot stand my voice.

We are just too busy trying to appear smart to realize how intelligent we actually are.

[On marriage and permanent attach

Perception is the lens through which we interpret experiences, and when we change the lens we change how we experience.

We should all reevaluate advertising that contradicts what we know to be the truth; especially when the ads are harmfully manipulative.

Keep grindin' boy, your life can change in one year, And even when it's dark out, the sun is shining somewhere

Most people are robust. If a man puts his hand on a woman’s bottom, any woman worth her salt can deal with it. It is communication. Can’t we be friendly?

What we enjoy, not what we possess, is ours, and in labouring for the possession of many things, we lose the power to enjoy the best.

My piece of bread only belongs to me when I know that everyone else has a share, and that no one starves while I eat.

You don't hear things that are bad about your company unless you ask. It is easy to hear good tidings, but you have to scratch to get the bad news.

I lived in a world where I didn't share the love for my stepfather that my mother shared for him. She married him.