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

I always thought we had more in common with punk than with anything else, but we had long hair, so we didn’t fit in that box.

I’m not going to die broke, but I’m not rich.

The more you learn about everything, the more you learn that everything’s fixed not in your favour.

Am I going to get my warts removed? I might do, but I’m certainly not going to auction them on the Internet.

There’s no point thinking about dying, because it’s going to happen anyway, isn’t it? I don’t waste my time worrying about that.

I can’t say I was really that surprised when the doctor told me I needed a defibrillator inserted in my chest.

People don’t know how to be outrageous anymore.

I don’t know, I’ve always written songs that are mainly about attitude, not me personally.

As for what other people think of me, I don’t care. I don’t care and never have.

Just ’cause something’s popular, it can still be good. In fact, if more people are buying it, then you must be doing something right.

I was brought up by two women: my mother and my grandmother.

I was lucky: I didn’t get married, so I didn’t have to have that responsibility.

I always write about war, love, death, and injustice. There’s plenty of that around, so I never run out of ideas.

Got two kids; one’s a record producer who lives just up the road from me – great guitarist and piano player, too.

I hate golf! I still can’t believe Alice Cooper plays golf!

It’s very much up to you, how you shape your life. I mean, I missed out on human relationships. But looking at relationships that I’ve seen along the way, I don’t think I’ve missed much.

You gotta be really careful what you bite off. Don’t bite off more than you can chew. It’s a dangerous world.

Golf really is the best microcosm of life – or at least the way life should be.

Rock music is not meant to be perfect.

I couldn’t be a royal. It’s like living in a supersonic goldfish bowl.

I don’t believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.

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

Almost anything can be funny if said the right way – but it has to be said the right way.

To win a national championship, you’ve got to be a little lucky.