Quotes from Rod Stewart

You know, I had no trouble with the girls.

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.

I'm not a natural songwriter.

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

I have a very lively and colourful show. It's two hours of hits and the music speaks for itself.

I did things with the microphone stand that no-one else has attempted to do.

Even by rock star standards, I was pretty awful.

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

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.

Between 21-30 women go through humungous changes. After that, they've generally achieved what they wanted, and they're more settled.

Women like being kissed.

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

There's no reason why I should retire.

How can my son not be straight after all I've said and done for him?

As you get older, your metabolism slows down. You've got to admit it. It's nothing to be ashamed of if you have lived your life to the full.

I can definitely say the older I've got the better I've become at being a dad and a husband.

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.

You're like a cold beer, darling, on a long hot summer night.

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

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

I'm only lookin' for a fantasy, an interlude from reality.

You went to Woodstock and all that trash, your generation is fading fast.

Carrying 200 pounds of velvet and satin around a stage for 90 minutes - that's man's work, let me tell you.

I suppose I could collect my books and get on back to school, or steal my Daddy's cue and make a living out of playing pool.