Thank you for saying that I said that. I should have got that patented. I should have done that. I could have at least got that quote on a T-shirt.

To be honest, I couldn't care less. If I didn't tick them off, I'd be scratching my head about that, about why they weren't giving me any respect.

My creative process involves that old saying: It's 90% perspiration and only 10% inspiration.

Once I was walking from The Mercer in New York - because otherwise I don't walk anywhere - and this woman paparazzo who was following me fell over a fire hydrant and her whole tooth went through her lip. I leant over her, saying, 'Are you all right?' and she was still taking pictures.

Every time the good giants try to cut back on salt, sugar, fat calories, inevitably Wall Street raises its hand and is looking at the sales figures and the revenue and saying, 'Thou shalt not result in any loss of profit.' There's huge continuing pressure on the food companies.

If our history can challenge the next wave of musicians to keep moving and changing, to keep spiritually hungry and horny, that's what it's all about.