What I do now is all my dad`s fault, because he bought me a guitar as a boy, for no apparent reason.

The first cut is the deepest.

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.

Half the battle is selling music, not singing it. It`s the image, not what you sing.

I`ve never been more in love with anyone nearly half my age than I am today. I`d get married in a minute if I weren`t still married to somebody else.

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

I wish I knew what I know now before.

I want to go out at the top, but the secret is knowing when you`re at the top, it`s so difficult in this business, your career fluctuates all the time, up and down, like a pair of trousers.

Only a fool permits the letter of the law to override the spirit in the heart. Do not let a piece of paper stand in the way of true love and headlines.

I`m a rock star because I couldn`t be a soccer star.

How can my son not be straight after all I`ve said and done for him?

Elvis was the king. No doubt about it. People like myself, Mick Jagger and all the others only followed in his footsteps.

It`s a marvellous occasion. We`re the only country in the world to honour the common man. (On being awarded the CBE)

On his former wife, Rachel Hunter, shortly after their break-up: "She was the first woman who left me".

On Brigitte Bardot: "She`s the only woman I`ve ever had a sexual fantasy about. With me, looks come first, and she`s everything a woman should be. She`s blonde and beautiful, she`s got the most incredible legs--etcetera, etcetera. And she`s French as well."

On looking young: "The secret is to moisturise the face. I`ve been doing that since I was 17 years old."

Instead of getting married again, I`m going to find a woman I don`t like and just give her a house.