Phrases
01. Music has healing power. It has the ability to take people out of themselves for a few hours
02. I think it’s so important to live life with love and passion and not to judge people and to be kind and generous
03. The great thing about rock and roll is that someone like me can be a star
04. I love the idea of embracing your memories even if they hurt
05. If you write great songs with meaning and emotion, they will last forever because songs are the key to everything
06. I never really thought of myself as a sex symbol, more a sex dwarf
07. I’m a very wealthy man. I’ve focused on the music and that’s been wonderful enough for me
08. Performing is the most fun. I can have in my life. It’s the one thing I can do well, not that I’m a great singer or a great pianist
09. I am the biggest technophobe of all time
10. I’ve only been interested in the artistic side of life
11. The whole point of being a musician is to do things from the soul
12. I don’t have to compete in the charts. I can just be myself as a musician, a songwriter, and also do what I want to do
13. I am a classic example of all humor is pain. If you can’t laugh at yourself, then you may as well give up
14. There’s nothing wrong with going to bed with somebody of your own sex. People should be very free with sex
15. You should never take more than you give
16. Live for each second without hesitation
17. I’ve always wanted to smash a guitar over someone’s head. You just can’t do that with a piano
18. I’ve led a very full life and I can’t think of anything I want that I don’t have
19. I think people should be free to engage in any sexual practices they choose; they should draw the line at goats though
20. An agent is a person who is sore because an actor gets 90% of what they make
21. I’m a survivor – a living example of what people can go through and survive
22. Do something worthwhile with your life
23. Celebrities have a lot of responsibility but it’s kind of foolish to think that we can solve the world’s problems
24. I’m a lousy husband, but a great lover
25. Sometimes when I’m flying over the Alps I think, ‘that’s like all the cocaine I sniffed’
26. I don’t think I’m nostalgic for the past. I’m nostalgic for the future
27. If I was a sculptor, but then again, no
28. I’ve got a great life and I don’t want to have any regrets
29. I think happiness is overrated. Satisfied, at peace—those would be more realistic goals
30. The stardom thing happened and now I’m trying to make a comeback, if you like
31. I don’t mind going back to daylight saving time. With my schedule, I don’t even know what day it is
32. I am the captain of my soul
33. I never thought of myself as being handsome or good-looking or whatever
34. I think sometimes in life the biggest challenges end up being the best things that happen in your life
35. I’ve always been a bit of a decorator. I think it’s my stage instinct
36. You have to be a bastard to make it, and that’s a fact
37. When I say I don’t have to write pop songs anymore, there’s no way I’m going to sit down and write a toe-tapper
38. I never thought of myself as being handsome or good-looking or whatever. I always felt like an outsider
39. I’m very generous and I spend a lot of money on my collectibles
40. My voice has gotten deeper over the years, which is very strange for a man my age
41. In the end, it’s not about making money. It’s about loving what you do
42. I don’t have to be in the charts. But I’m grateful when I am
43. I always think of myself as a record man
44. The most important thing to do in your life is to not interfere with somebody else’s life
45. If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them
46. I love places that have an incredible history. I love the Italian way of life. I love the food. I love the people. I love the attitudes of Italians
47. I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar
48. I’ve got that resilient thing inside me. But I wasn’t a happy bunny
49. It’s very important to have two tiaras when you’re on the road
50. Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book