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.

I am passionate about football. My support for Celtic FC has got me through some hard times in my life. I still play regularly, too.

I'm a gentleman.

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.

I've still got a brilliant head of hair, which refuses to lay down!

I'm not a natural songwriter.

I was getting worried I may not become a grandfather, but the Lord has blessed me.

You know I think I could give a little more back to charity.

I see myself at 7:30 in the morning and it's not too pretty.

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

I'm a rock star because I couldn't be a soccer star.

My father, being a Scotsman, taught me to look after finances. I'm shrewd. Some people may call me tight.

I had this little handheld transistor radio that I used to sleep next to.

Brewing a good cuppa is something not everyone can do, and I loathe bad tea.

I enjoy a glass of wine, and I love my football. I suppose it's because I'm a real working-class.

I'm just delighted that this woman I love can be a mum again.

I was never a good-looking bloke. Not by a long chalk.

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

You know my wife, she's 6 ft 1 she can beat anyone up.

Well, 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.

If there's one thing I've learned about women, which I try to pass on to my boys, it's listening. Listen to the other side of the story first.

I am a man of contradictions, I suppose.

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

I'm very proud of my well-earned wrinkles, so show 'em.