Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and instead of bleeding, sings.
"Most rock journalism is people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, for people who can't read."
I’m sick to death of people saying we’ve made 11 albums that sound exactly the same. In fact, we’ve made 12 albums that sound exactly the same.
Let me be clear about this: I don't have a drug problem, I have a police problem.
When I first met him [David Beckham] I didn’t know whether to shake his hand or lick his face.
"When you strum a guitar you have everything - rhythm, bass, lead and melody"
"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace."
"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy."
If I knew I had to play this song the rest of my life I probably woulda wrote something else....
Dogs smoke in France
"I've always wanted the sound of Muddy Waters' early records - only louder"
"Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung."
"If it's too loud, you're too old"
"When I was a little boy, I told my dad, 'When I grow up, I want to be a musician.' My dad said: 'You can't do both, Son.'"
I've been imitated so well I've heard people copy my mistakes.
When she started to play, Steinway came down personally and rubbed his name off the piano.
"I love to sing, and I love to drink scotch. Most people would rather hear me drink scotch."
“Well, I sort of don’t trust anybody who doesn’t like Led Zeppelin.”
“A kid once said to me “Do you get hangovers?” I said, “To get hangovers you have to stop drinking.”
"I don't know anything about music, In my line you don't have to."
"Status Quo is to music what Bjorn Borg is to golf"
I think animal testing is a terrible idea; they get all nervous and give the wrong answers.
"He has Van Gogh's ear for music"
Instead of getting married again, I'm going to find a woman I don't like and just give her a house.
I never set out to be weird. It was always other people who called me weird.
Some of the worst mistakes of my life have been haircuts.
“Everyone talks about rock these days ; the problem is they forget about the roll”