Rod Stewart Quotes

I'm going where my heart will take me<br />I've got faith to believe<br />I can do anything<br />I've got strength of the soul<br />And no one's gonna bend or break me<br />I can reach any star<br />I've got faith<br />I've got faith<br />Faith of the heart There's still plenty of lead in this pencil, but I only write to one person now. I've still got a brilliant head of hair, which refuses to lay down. Spread your wings and let me come inside. I'll sing over some chords, searching, what does [the music] conjure up, where's the melody taking you? 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. Because of my pride in my Scottish heritage, I used to say things like 'I don't mind buying a round of drinks but I don't buy two'. It was something I joked about which has come back to bite me on the ----. 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'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. 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. Like with every form of cancer, early detection is what it is all about. I urge everyone to learn the facts about this condition. It can be prevented with testing, and it can be beaten if caught early! If you want my body and you think I'm sexy come on sugar let me know. Optimism is my best defense. What I do now is all my dad's fault, because he bought me a guitar as a boy, for no apparent reason. ... I wrote some of my best love songs ever when I was unhappy and my saddest love songs when I was very much in love. When I wrote 'You're in My Heart', which is an uplifting song, I had just broken up with-Now who had I broken up with?. ... Half the battle is selling music, not singing it. It's the image, not what you sing. I'm gonna rock you 'til your pussaaa's sore. I'm gonna make love to you like fifteen men. 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. I'll be dead by the time I'm forty. One of my daughters was a bit flat-chested, so she had implants and she's got a lovely pair now. I see nothing wrong with it. I started singing in the bathroom, ... Nothing was coming out. It was ghastly. I've been lucky with my hair. I couldn't deal with it if I'd run out of barnet. Imagine me with a Bobby Charlton comb over. My big brother still thinks he's a better singer than me. 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. 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. 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'll tell you what I love. Sending back bottles of wine that aren't right in restaurants in France! Whoa! I love the French, but I do find their wine snobbery something unbearable. I want to go out at the top, but the secret is knowing when you're at the top, it's so difficult in this business, your career fluctuates all the time, up and down, like a pair of trousers. 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 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. You've got to have this burning desire in your chest to succeed. 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. Women like being kissed.