I consider myself much more of a blues singer now.

The more I dressed up, the more people reacted... the more I wanted to do it.

I always judge my happiness by how much I listen to music.

I don't listen to the radio, so I don't really know what's going on in current pop culture. I know about the obvious things, like Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber and Ed Sheeran and Adele, because I hear them. They're everywhere.

My dad was very explosive, God rest his soul. He could fly off the handle like no one I've ever known, and I have definitely got that in my personality: that ability to sort of smash the house up and then say, 'Put the kettle on,' to have that kind of attitude of, 'Well, I'm OK now, so everybody else has got to be OK.'

People that plan interviews are really boring. I just say what I want when it comes into my head.

I always think that change is like a daisy chain.

I started going to Madame Louise's, the lesbian club where all the punk bands used to go - the Sex Pistols, the Clash. I remember seeing Billy Idol walk in there; he was gorgeous.

For someone like me, who has grown up with Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen, it's hard not to invest a lot of myself in what I do.

America has always been my biggest audience, so I'm putting a lot of faith in America.

To me, I think of the '70s as being this glorious decade where I discovered who I was and discovered all these amazing things... punk rock, electro music, fashion, all of that.

My life hasn't always been a disaster, it's just that when it has, it's been a spectacular disaster.

Sly Stone made such a huge contribution to the good feeling in the universe, and I love him as a singer.

I think life is about growing into yourself and getting to like that person.

If you listen to the radio, and something beats you into surrender, like 'REO Speedwagon', and you really hate them, there's 'You Can Go Your Own Way' in your ear all day, and that's what makes a good song.

I've grown up very much living my life very visibly. I've never really hidden who I am.

Luckily, I'm not one of those people who wants to be young; it's never bothered me.

An actor is a guy who, if you ain't talking about him, he ain't listening.

I just eat healthy and try not to eat late at night. And I exercise as well. That's a big change for me; I work out a lot.

Compliments are very un-British, but when someone pays you one, you should take it.

When I was in prison, a lot of my friends blew me away. But Stephen Fry wrote to me. It was very humbling.

I can be quite noisy and robust in the morning.

I also tried to avoid doing obvious dance records.

I was sick. I had a polyp on my throat. It would have been foolish for me to go out on the road with the problem I had.

My mother and father were fantastic, very active. I find it difficult to say this, but I'm quite a loving person and I've always been loving to my friends. In the long run, that pays off. I'm very interested in other people, and if you are, they're interested in you.

I've got so much to be happy about.

I don't want to be a figure of disappointment.

To be here in America so soon after the Supreme Court ruling on gay marriage and at the birth of the Caitlyn phenomena feels so timely. It feels perfect for my universe to collide with Caitlyn's, but on a purely personal level, I just think she is utterly fabulous and brave.

Before I got famous, I was like a rake. When I was a teenager, I lived on nervous energy. And I always forgot to eat. It was not something I was obsessed with. And then suddenly I got famous, people started taking me out to fancy joints. And the pounds pile on. So I'm much more conscious now about when I eat. How I eat. What I eat.

At 16, I walked around knowing I'd get chased and attacked for dressing a certain way - I felt I had an undeniable right to be who I wanted to be. My father said to hit them back, but I was never much good at that. So I developed a big mouth instead of a quick right hook.

In a way, the most political thing you can do is be yourself.