“The band never actually split up – we just stopped speaking to each other and went our own separate ways.”

Someone once said a cynic is just a disappointed romantic. That really, really sums me up.

I have always idolized eccentric people.

Never a lip is curved with pain that can’t be kissed into smiles again.

If I ever commented on one of his outfits he would snip, “Oh, thank you, Mr. Boy George. I do value your opinion.” And then he would spin and make some ridiculous noise and mince off.

The Greatest Blues Singer in the World Will Never Stop Singing.

I find that most people [in social media] just want me to say “happy birthday” to their mom or wish them good luck with their exams.

You had disco going on behind punk. You had Michael Jackson. You had the Sex Pistols.

Maybe without me, there wouldn’t be Adam Lambert. Without Bowie, there wouldn’t be me. Without Quentin Crisp, there wouldn’t have been Bowie. So everything is part of a big daisy chain.

I would rather have a cup of tea than sex.

The best thing you can do is work on your personality because we’re all gonna get ugly.

[Arnold Schwarzenegger] is really good at [‘The New Celebrity Apprentice’ show]. Totally different energy to our potential president, but he’s cool.

The problem with being on the road – especially in a hot place like Florida – is that you can begin to think you’re on holiday.

I don’t get all this Speedo stuff actually, I mean, whatever happened to the feather boa?

You find out so many interesting things when you’re not on drugs.

The Democratic party of Florida has put a temperance plank in its platform and the Republican party of every state would nail that plank in their platform if they thought it would carry the election.

This is the wonderful truth, my dear friends: the Word, which became flesh two thousand years ago, is present today in the Eucharist

Finding a good band is Iike finding a good wife. You got to keep trying till you find the right one.

I mean, nothing ever really happened with ’em, but I enjoy getting a young band into the studio and guiding them, and making them feel at ease.

I had this one rock band I used to listen to, but I forgot the name of them.

One thing I love to do is produce. I’ve produced a couple of bands.

The martyr band That hallowed our land With the blood they shed in a tide for us?

When everything is together – the band, me, the audience, it’s boss! It’s just like magic.

Hogslop is the real deal groovilicious honkin old-time string band. Guaranteed old-time awesomeness with these fellas around!

I’m living the dream. I’ve got a big tour bus, an incredible band, a big house, and a family that are all taken care of through my music. I’ve got a beautiful wife and three beautiful kids.