I have a CBE, and I accepted it with glee because it's not bestowed on you by the royal family; it's not bestowed on you by the government; you have to be nominated by the public.

I don't have any social life or anything.

At my age you don't go into fatherhood lightly.

I never feel any aggravation from the public.

I've never done anything particularly scandalous.

I carry lots of guilt.

I've always been worried about the band but I've got to the point now where I think it's time to start thinking about myself a bit more.

My big brother still thinks he's a better singer than me.

Everybody sung in my family.

I tried therapy. This had never appealed to me. For me, it was a bit like a Chinese meal: very filling at the time, but then an hour later you're hungry again.

I'm proud to be a railway modeler.

I'm still not good at changing nappies, but I do do it.

I have a voice coach, but only in so much as to make my voice stronger so I can sing for five nights a week, two hours.

I do take a lot of pride in my look and I work out - do work out a lot.

Like everybody in show business, you think you're going to wake up one day, and it's all going to be taken away from you. I think we all share an insecurity in that way, everybody in show business - the ones I talk to, anyway.

I enjoyed the chase.

I always thought I was so fit.

Sometimes I think the playing field is certainly not even. You know, it's just not.

Women like being kissed.

You can avoid the press if you really want to and I don't walk around with five security guards either because I think that just draws attention.

I love what I do.

There's no reason why I should retire.

I've always looked on myself as one of a band and never sought a solo career.

My musical taste has always been wide. I started out as a folky before I moved on to blues and soul.

I am somewhat on the shy side. I know people might find that hard to believe.

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

Lyrics are coming to you all the time. I get inspiration in the middle of the night.

Songwriting's never been a natural art for me; it's always been a bit of a struggle.

I do feel a certain love from the British public.

Instead of getting married again, I'm going to find a woman I don't like and just give her a house.

Well, there's not a day goes by when I don't get up and say thank you to somebody.

You go through life wondering what is it all about but at the end of the day it's all about family.

I've tried to have a regular haircut, but it just pops back up again, so this is the way it's going to be.

I wish I knew what I know now before.

You've got to have this burning desire in your chest to succeed.

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.

You can be with one of the most beautiful women in the world and still be unhappy.

I'm not a great lover of Madonna's voice. She's done very well with what she's got, and I'm sure my voice turns her right off, but she's not my favourite singer.

Fast cars like Porsches and Ferraris - they are things of beauty.

I deliberate over the lyrics; I really do. I'll come up with one line in a day, and then it might be a couple of days before I come up with the rhyming line. It's never been easy for me.

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

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.

Even by rock star standards, I was pretty awful.

There's nobody I look up to, really.

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

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.

Well, I've got nothing to hide. Absolutely nothing.

I'm shrewd about money; I invest well and look after it. But it's in my nature to be generous. I look after people.

I think, with suits and clothes, if you keep them long enough, they all come back in fashion.

I've been a golden boy for too long.