“I have lived a great life. I am very happy.”

I can definitely say the older I’ve got the better I’ve become at being a dad and a husband.

I’ll tell you what I love. Sending back bottles of wine that aren’t right in restaurants in France! Whoa! I love the French, but I do find their wine snobbery something unbearable.

Obviously, I haven’t really progressed that much at my craft.

Optimism is my best defense.

I did things with the microphone stand that no-one else has attempted to do.

You shouldn’t be in the music business if you’re posing.

I am always crazy for hot women. I am like a rabbit. I could do it anytime, anywhere.

I must really confess right here, the attraction was purely physical.

I’ve been out with some extremely beautiful women who have had no sex appeal whatsoever. It really is a lot more than skin deep.

Surely if God had meant us to do yoga, he would have put our heads behind our knees.

May you grow to be proud, dignified, and true, and do unto others as you’d have done to you.

It was early detection that saved my voice – and I imagine, my life.

I don’t think people expect Bruce Springsteen to come out in a pink satin jacket, but Rod Stewart, they do. And I like doing it; I don’t wear it just because I think I have to. I’m a very flamboyant person.

I started singing in the bathroom, Nothing was coming out. It was ghastly.

A show is like having a climax. It’s like having an incredible, natural climax. And then suddenly it’s all finished, and you don’t know what to do next.

Whatever road you choose, I’m right behind you win or lose.

I’m of the school of thought where, if you can’t sort something out for yourself, no one can help you. Rehab is great for some people but not others.

I do what I do. You like it, great. You don’t, go listen to somebody else. I’m stickin’ with the people who stuck with me.

Having listened to great songwriters like James Taylor and Carole King, I felt there was nothing new that was coming out that really represented me and the way I felt. So I started writing my own stuff.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

It was very much about performances, the whole ensemble thing was just great – everybody working together. Sometimes it didn’t feel like a film set. It wasn’t technically driven, it was very, very enjoyable.

I still believe that music is one of the greatest gifts that God gave to man.

Everything great I’ve done I did not think to do so.

That the greatest security of the people, against the encroachments and usurpations of their superiors, is to keep the Spirit of Liberty constantly awake, is an undeniable truth.