What I do now is all my dad's fault, because he bought me a guitar as a boy, for no apparent reason.
The first cut is the deepest.
A show is like having a climax. It's like having an incredible, natural climax. And then suddenly it's all finished, and you don't know what to do next.
Half the battle is selling music, not singing it. It's the image, not what you sing.
I've never been more in love with anyone nearly half my age than I am today. I'd get married in a minute if I weren't still married to somebody else.
I started singing in the bathroom. Nothing was coming out. It was ghastly.
I wish I knew what I know now before.
I want to go out at the top, but the secret is knowing when you're at the top, it's so difficult in this business, your career fluctuates all the time, up and down, like a pair of trousers.
Only a fool permits the letter of the law to override the spirit in the heart. Do not let a piece of paper stand in the way of true love and headlines.
I'm a rock star because I couldn't be a soccer star.
How can my son not be straight after all I've said and done for him?
Elvis was the king. No doubt about it. People like myself, Mick Jagger and all the others only followed in his footsteps.
It's a marvellous occasion. We're the only country in the world to honour the common man. (On being awarded the CBE)
On his former wife, Rachel Hunter, shortly after their break-up: "She was the first woman who left me".
On Brigitte Bardot: "She's the only woman I've ever had a sexual fantasy about. With me, looks come first, and she's everything a woman should be. She's blonde and beautiful, she's got the most incredible legs--etcetera, etcetera. And she's French as well."
On looking young: "The secret is to moisturise the face. I've been doing that since I was 17 years old."
Instead of getting married again, I'm going to find a woman I don't like and just give her a house.