There is a certain sort of excess that is interesting, don't you think? And America is, of course, the most excessive place.

America is remarkable, don't you think so? When I came to Washington, I was twelve years old. I spoke English with an English accent. It was assumed that it would go on in that way.

There's no place in the world you can go and not hear rock-and-roll, from Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder to Phil Collins.

I think it's better to burn out than to fade away... it's better to live out your days being very, very active - even if it destroys you - than to quietly... disappear.

Rock n' roll really belongs to all America. It really doesn't belong to one city.

Flashy people aren't everything, you know. Even when they have frizzled hair.