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Performing was terrifying.
I didn't really want to give up music.
I like L.A., but I shouldn't live there.
I can never predict what's going to happen.
Get down with your old Allman Bros. records!
I like the fact that music is more abstract.
I can't drink a wine if it has an ugly label.
As you get older, you get a bit more serious.
I like the name Atomic Kitten. It's so great.
Why should I spoil my mood by wearing an ugly suit?
I tour a lot, sometimes like a hundred shows a year.
But I do like to have peace and quiet for a good hour.
Words can be very powerful. I find them very difficult.
It must be really hard to be starting out in music now.
But I don't write so much now, because they're too painful.
I've had quite a few moments I've liked, so it's good enough.
You can never get silence anywhere nowadays, have you noticed?
You talk too much, you laugh too loud, and that's the price of love.
I've done shows with orchestras, and I like writing with orchestras.
I met John Lennon and he was with his wife in Tokyo. I met him there.
I like to think Duke Ellington would probably embrace a fragrance as well.
It's nice to know that there are several different avenues I could pursue.
I don't think I've ever played the Olympia before, but I'm not totally sure.
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.
Secretly, I wanted to look like Jimi Hendrix, but I could never quite pull it off.
I will be putting out a fragrance - I'm following in the great steps of Puff Daddy.
Oh yes, much, because music is just something that comes to you. You don't question it.
I had beautiful bikes and I was really into it. I just thought it was really glamorous.
I mean, there are so many of his songs that I like that I could easily do that one day.
I very rarely play the piano at home. Deliberately, so that when I do play it, I love it.
It's not a very high failure rate if you choose people that you really like the sound of.
And Mary J. Blige, she's got all these fur coats and hats and stuff. She's good; I like her.
But I was feeling quite down at the time. I was living in L.A., which was kind of weird for me.
I loved music from the age of eight. Jazz and blues. But also Little Richard and Elvis Presley.
Sometimes you're quite fortunate, being on the stage, getting to meet people like Salvador Dali.
Women! I have no idea. I don't know anything about women at all. They're a complete mystery to me.
While it's a great indulgence, it's also very interesting to have three bass players on the same track.
Everyone in rock 'n roll including myself was touched by Elvis's spirit, I was, and always will be a fan.
When I was at college - that was the first time I tried singing. I played in a band, and people seemed to like it.
It must be quite difficult if you have a father who's sort of known. On the other hand, you can get a job in his band.
I don't really have a great deal of spare time. I still have a house in the country, but I'm in London 90 percent of the time.
It's good having a lot of different songs to choose from to do the show. It means you don't get bored of doing it in one particular genre.
You become acutely aware, if you're touring a lot, that you need new songs to invigorate the live show. And make it interesting for yourself, too.
In New York, you couldn't wish for a nicer audience, or in L.A., Chicago, Boston. But when you get into secondary markets, they don't have a clue.
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.
It's quite funny that, 20 years ago, one would have thought putting out a fragrance would [negatively] affect your musical credibility. Now it may enhance it.
I suppose young people think football is glamorous - soccer - it's big money and the stars of it, they look good and have a great big house and a huge Ferrari.
All those rappers, they're the only glamorous people working in music now. They dress up in these chains of gold, cars, girls and this and that, high-heeled shoes.
I like lots of songs, and I find it quite interesting to do [cover songs] from time to time. My first solo hit was in 1973, the Dylan song “A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall.”