There have been records I've been really, really pleased with that haven't connected with people. But I felt good about them.

If you gave me a fresh carnation, I would only crush its tender petals.

Being a musician is a noble profession.

Everyone gets frustrated and aggressive, and I'd sooner take my aggression out on a guitar than on a person.

I'm still a mod, I'll always be a mod, you can bury me a mod.

No man should have cowboys boots in his wardrobe. That's fair enough, isn't it? Unless you're a cowboy, of course.

I want to hear as much music as I possibly can before I leave this mortal coil but it's impossible to hear it all because there's so much of it.

Sometimes you're ahead of the game and sometimes people don't get it and that's just one of those things you have to accept and carry on.

I think politicians are so far out of step with what people really want.

I still love playing music. It was all I ever wanted to do, and I got the chance to do it.

I think anybody goes through a crisis of confidence from time to time. You have to kind of doubt yourself, sometimes. It's the way forward.

You don’t have to accept every advice. You must carefully think about it in your quiet moment.

The real female should be partly male and the real male should be partly female anyway.

Mickey Rourke was the Brad Renfro of the '80s.

Without a goal [maneuvering is] aimless. You might be a master tactician, but you'll have no sense of strategy.

My heart leaps at the trumpet's voice.

Positive, optimistic sales people sell more than pessimistic sales people.

Hugh Laurie was intimidating, but he's the greatest guy. He's so wonderful and smart and funny and serious, and he sets the bar high. So if I was scared, it's because I wasn't measuring up.

As far as I am concerned now, I have no enemies in the press whatsoever.

What you call man is time.

Our Nation owes a lasting debt of gratitude to all those selfless members of our Armed Forces who have risked their own freedom and safety to defend the the lives and liberty of others.