Id been bumming around in bands since my school days.

I'd had my time in the charts and made loads of money. I was no longer hungry for success.

I'm a person who tries not to have regrets.

I don't trust politicians. I think that by the time they've made it, with the concessions they've had to make in that position, I don't believe they still have the beliefs they had at the root.

I had my 15 minutes of being the new boy of pop, like lots of people before and after me. Overnight, everyone starts treating you differently, and perceives you differently.

I do have a thing for eating out; that's one of life's great middle-age pleasures.

I must admit, the constant invasion of privacy was becoming a real concern. Ive been asked for autographs while Ive been doing laps in the pool and even in the toilet!

You can't explain the feeling of singing hit songs to an audience - it's like being a genuine sports star at the peak of their powers.

I started out as a drummer, and now play with a back-to-basics rock band called the 'Luddites.' I'm happiest when I'm behind the kit.

Dont expect fame to come overnight. That filtered through to me in my own career. Look at Madonna: shes not the best singer in the world, but shes got where she has through hard work.

Scientology always makes me think of that movie 'V' where that woman takes off her mask of human flesh to reveal her true, alien self.

I own my life to the Saviour, who saved me.

A person who thinks too much only ever thinks about his thoughts

The name Cleopatra wakens the world to life.

I grew up half in South Central and half in the San Fernando valley.

Hard work and an open mind - it's the only way to realize the potential that is inside every one of us.

Remedy your deficiencies,and your merits will take care of themselves.

I know the police cause you trouble They cause trouble everywhere But when you die and go to Heaven You'll find no policemen there.

Maybe you can make art out of unredeemed pain, but only if you're a genius -- Dostoyevsky perhaps.

You can't do without philosophy, since everything has its hidden meaning which we must know.

When one is silent, those around speak even more.