“I was the kid a lot of other mothers wouldn’t let you play with.”

Everything I hear influences me. I can’t tell you all my influences as a musician.

I find it quite easy to play chords, and, you know, that was all I ever did. I never wanted to be a lead guitarist.

Like most housewives, I don’t cook unless I have company.

I always open doors for women. It’s just good manners.

Rock n’ roll sounded like music from another planet. The first time around, we had people like Elvis, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis – all them people.

I always wanted to be able to show off like the guitar players do. I think I managed that alright!

The Beatles were from Liverpool. It’s a hard town. The Stones weren’t the hard men. They just dressed up. The Beatles were the hard men.

I’d never have left Hawkwind if I hadn’t been fired.

I’ve always been very wordy; I’ve got a great vocabulary.

My hearing is usually O.K.

When you leave the house, it isn’t safe. The air you breathe isn’t going to be safe, not for very long. That’s why you have to enjoy the moment.

I don’t miss anything by being a bachelor. I don’t know any happily married couples, not even my parents.

In 1967, I had my first black girlfriend, and a lot more ever since then. I just don’t understand racism.

Gay people are made and not born.

I’m not afraid of death. How can you be afraid of something that’s inevitable?

The Beatles are the classical music of rock n’ roll. And rock n’ roll is far more widespread than classical will ever be.

In every kid’s life, there’s about three or four years when you’re at liberty, and after that, you have to get a job because you’re getting married or you have to support your parents or whatever it is.

I grew up in that age, and it was memorable. But I’m down with all of it. Chuck D or Danny Brown? I feel comfortable with all of them. Word up, kid! Word up, man!

My kids are coming up in a different time then me. Interracial couples are of the norm. With me, it’s about making sure my kids understand the importance of education and having opportunities that I didn’t.

I don’t take pictures when I’m with my kids, for the sake of my kids. It’s important when you’re as busy as I am that you give your kids your time when you’re with them, and nothing compromises that. I’ve been lucky enough to have fans that understand that.

Kids are generally rotten until the age of about six, when they become people.

You definitely want your kids to understand their heritage, but I don’t want my kids to just focus on being black. They are people. I don’t want them to judge other people or to be judged.

I am a raging alcoholic and a raging addict and I didn’t want to see my kids do the same thing.

The best scientists and explorers have the attributes of kids! They ask question and have a sense of wonder.