Don’t show up around here until your social worker’s helped.
I don’t have a computer. I am the Luddite of rock’n’roll, I don’t have a portable phone. I write things down.
Laughing like children, living like lovers, rolling like thunder, under the covers, and I guess that’s why they call it the blues.
After claws and feathers, he took skin and bone, shaped it like an hour glass and made the angels moan.
People in England are so bloody nosy.
People say, “You should write lyrics” and I say I’m quite happy not to, because I like being part of that process where you write your version of what someone else’s lyrics are saying to you, and that enjoyment has never changed.
I’m the Connie Francis of rock ‘n’ roll.
Chefs aren’t celebrities: they’re chefs.
The Backstreet Boys can sing their asses off. I’m not so sure about those other boy bands. But Backstreet Boys have my ultimate respect.
It was also great to have the Backstreet Boys appear on stage with me because I have gotten to know them all a little bit just recently, and not only are they great performers, but they also very hard working professionals and really nice guys.
On Keith Richards: He’s like a monkey with arthritis.
Better to build a bridge than a wall.
The thing about Vegas is, I don’t have to fly anywhere, and that really helps. It means I stay in one place for three weeks at a time instead of flying backwards and forwards.
There’s a lot of hate in the world.
I don’t want a Jennifer Lopez wedding or anything like that. A commitment ceremony would be a nice thing to do.
He’s been dead for so many years, but I’m still trying to impress him. That’s what gave me my drive. ‘Look at me, Dad, I’ve succeeded.’
Your eyes have died, but you see more than I.
Anyone who lip-synchs in public on stage when you pay 75 pounds to see them should be shot.
I have an optimistic view of everything. You have to, otherwise you’d go nuts.
Top dog, top hat, move that muscle, move that fat.