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I've really sensed that people have an affection for me.

I read in one fan magazine that I was very self-centered. And I am.

You cannot make a teenage idol.

I bought my first horse when I was 15. I always loved racing and I started studying about breeding and I've been doing it now for 30 years, so I have some credibility.

I'm never going to retire and say, 'This is it. This is my last show.' I will not go on tour - I promised my wife and son no more than two weeks on the road.

When you have had the kind of fame I had, I was always hounded by the media and I lived a very isolated life. Now it's even more difficult. The world has changed dramatically.

All I had done for five years was work 18 hours a day all over the world. I needed to step back and distance myself from it.

As a father, I do everything my dad didn't do. My son Beau's birth changed my life.

My mother, Evelyn, was an actress and singer, and my father, Jack, was an actor. My earliest recollection of my father is being taken to see him in a matinee.

I had a lot of very religious influences - Christian religious.

I've always had a special relationship with the U.K. fans, because even when I wasn't working they were very supportive.

I have an audience that goes from kids to seventy year olds.

In California, of all places, entertainment is the key to a vibrant economy. If we do not develop young adults capable of entering that world, the financial base of this state is sure to suffer and impact all of us.

If people respond to the songs, whether they love you or hate you, then you've really done your job. You've evoked something.

It's been the work that has carried me and I never wanted to rest on my laurels or go back and do what I done before.

The difference now is that the paparazzi get paid fortunes. That's what motivates people; it's about the money, sadly, at anyone's expense.

I hitched up to Haight-Ashbury in the Summer of Love, you know? And I was very much politically aligned with that whole mentality, the whole ideology of that generation, the music, the culture, the behavior.

It's not that my father didn't love me, it's just that he wasn't capable of consistently being there. His mood swings were gigantic.

I don't listen to the news or read newspapers. I don't know what's going on in this world, or why I should vote for George McGovern or Richard Nixon. I don't have enough time.

It's a difficult journey when you're going through a divorce, is it not, for anyone?

I understand the rock star deal having been one and still going out strapping my guitar on and performing. Now, I probably do 30 or 40 dates a year and I get to relive how I felt at 19 when I played in some really bad bands.