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.
- Rod Stewart
Like, Therapy, Very, Chinese
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.
- Rod Stewart
Over, Been, Couple, Rhyming
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.
- Rod Stewart
Pink, Doing, Very, Flamboyant
My musical taste has always been wide. I started out as a folky before I moved on to blues and soul.
- Rod Stewart
Always, Been, Musical, Moved On
I was getting worried I may not become a grandfather, but the Lord has blessed me.
- Rod Stewart
Lord, May, Getting, I May Not
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.
- Rod Stewart
Government, Public, Accepted, Royal Family
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.
- Rod Stewart
Government, Public, Accepted, Royal Family
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.
- Rod Stewart
Love, Tell, Bottles, Sending
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.
- Rod Stewart
Back, Going, Again, Haircut
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.
- Rod Stewart
Think, Want, I Think, Guards
What I do now is all my dad's fault, because he bought me a guitar as a boy, for no apparent reason.
- Rod Stewart
Reason, Dad, Bought, Apparent
You go through life wondering what is it all about but at the end of the day it's all about family.
- Rod Stewart
Go, Through, About, Wondering
I have enough music coming out of my kids' bedrooms when I'm at home.
- Rod Stewart
Music, Enough, Coming, Bedrooms
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.
- Rod Stewart
Love, Been, Half, Get Married
I'm proud to be a railway modeler.
- Rod Stewart
Proud, Railway
I'm proud to be a railway modeler. It means more to me to be on the cover of Model Railroader than to be on the cover of a music magazine.
- Rod Stewart
Proud, More, Means, Railway
I never feel any aggravation from the public.
- Rod Stewart
Never, Feel, Public, Aggravation
I have lived a great life. I am very happy.
- Rod Stewart
Happy, I Am, Very, Great Life
Songwriting's never been a natural art for me; it's always been a bit of a struggle.
- Rod Stewart
Never, Always, Been, Struggle
I enjoy a glass of wine, and I love my football. I suppose it's because I'm a real working-class.
- Rod Stewart
Love, Glass, Working-Class, Wine
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.
- Rod Stewart
Love, Law, Spirit, Permits
Elvis was the king. No doubt about it. People like myself, Mick Jagger and all the others only followed in his footsteps.
- Rod Stewart
Myself, King, Like, None
I don't have any social life or anything.
- Rod Stewart
Life, Social, Any, Social Life
You shouldn't be in the music business if you're posing.
- Rod Stewart
Business, Music, You, Posing
Lyrics are coming to you all the time. I get inspiration in the middle of the night.
- Rod Stewart
Night, Middle, Get, Lyrics
I can't do that wonderful thing that Tom Waits and Bob Dylan do - to do imagery. I'm not good at that. I just write from the heart.
- Rod Stewart
Good, Wonderful, Waits, None
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.
- Rod Stewart
My Life, Play, Through, Celtic
I got bored of not feeling affectionate towards girls.
- Rod Stewart
Feeling, Got, Affectionate, Bored
I did things with the microphone stand that no-one else has attempted to do.
- Rod Stewart
Things, Else, Attempted, No-One
My life has been an open book, really. Everybody knows everything about me.
- Rod Stewart
My Life, Been, Everybody, Open
I've never done anything particularly scandalous.
- Rod Stewart
Never, Done, Particularly, Scandalous
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.
- Rod Stewart
Career, Secret, Your, Up And Down
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.
- Rod Stewart
Think, Always, Been, Worried
I was never a good-looking bloke. Not by a long chalk.
- Rod Stewart
Never, Good-Looking, Bloke, Chalk
I'm not a natural songwriter.
- Rod Stewart
Natural, Songwriter
I shouldn't have got married. My dad told me. I was 35 and I got married. He said, 'You're too young to be married'. 'What? I'm 35'. Said, 'You're far too young. You haven't lived yet'. He was right, bless him, thanks, Dad.
- Rod Stewart
Young, Right, Dad, Bless
There's no reason why I should retire.
- Rod Stewart
Reason, Why, Should, Retire
I have a very lively and colourful show. It's two hours of hits and the music speaks for itself.
- Rod Stewart
Hours, Very, Hits, Lively
Carrying 200 pounds of velvet and satin around a stage for 90 minutes - that's man's work, let me tell you.
- Rod Stewart
Work, Minutes, 90 Minutes, Pounds
Sometimes I think the playing field is certainly not even. You know, it's just not.
- Rod Stewart
Think, I Think, Certainly, Playing Field
I hated singing and getting up in front of crowds.
- Rod Stewart
Singing, Getting, Up, Front
I've tried many other hairstyles, but it just doesn't work.
- Rod Stewart
Work, Other, Tried, Hairstyles
I started singing in the bathroom. Nothing was coming out. It was ghastly.
- Rod Stewart
Singing, Nothing, Ghastly, Bathroom
I've always looked on myself as one of a band and never sought a solo career.
- Rod Stewart
Career, Never, Always, Solo
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.
- Rod Stewart
Natural, Next, Having, Climax
I'm just delighted that this woman I love can be a mum again.
- Rod Stewart
Love, Woman, I Love, Delighted
I've got Ferraris coming out me bum.
- Rod Stewart
Me, Coming, Got, Bum
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.
- Rod Stewart
Voice, Week, Hours, Nights
Surely if God had meant us to do yoga, he would have put our heads behind our knees.
- Rod Stewart
Behind, Meant, Surely, Heads
Listen, if my career was to end tomorrow, I would have no complaints whatsoever.
- Rod Stewart
Career, Whatsoever, Would, Complaints
My father, being a Scotsman, taught me to look after finances. I'm shrewd. Some people may call me tight.
- Rod Stewart
Finance, Some, May, Some People
Well, I've got nothing to hide. Absolutely nothing.
- Rod Stewart
Nothing, Hide, Absolutely, Absolutely Nothing
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.
- Rod Stewart
Nothing, Ashamed, Your, Older
I can definitely say the older I've got the better I've become at being a dad and a husband.
- Rod Stewart
Father's Day, Better, Dad, Older
I think, with suits and clothes, if you keep them long enough, they all come back in fashion.
- Rod Stewart
Think, Back, I Think, Clothes
Everybody sung in my family.
- Rod Stewart
Family, Everybody, Sung
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.
- Rod Stewart
Away, Everybody, I Think, Anyway
I do take a lot of pride in my look and I work out - do work out a lot.
- Rod Stewart
Work, Lot, Take, Work Out
Women like being kissed.
- Rod Stewart
Women, Like, Being, Kissed
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.
- Rod Stewart
Nature, Invest, About, Generous
I've been out with some extremely beautiful women who have had no sex appeal whatsoever. It really is a lot more than skin deep.
- Rod Stewart
Some, Been, Whatsoever, Sex Appeal
I suppose I miss the British cynicism and the humor.
- Rod Stewart
Humor, Cynicism, British, Miss
My big brother still thinks he's a better singer than me.
- Rod Stewart
Better, Big, Big Brother, Thinks
My dad bought me a guitar and people would ask me to play.
- Rod Stewart
Play, Would, Dad, Guitar
Between 21-30 women go through humungous changes. After that, they've generally achieved what they wanted, and they're more settled.
- Rod Stewart
Through, More, Settled, Generally
I enjoyed the chase.
- Rod Stewart
Chase, Enjoyed
I am a man of contradictions, I suppose.
- Rod Stewart
Man, I Am, Contradictions, Suppose
You know, I had no trouble with the girls.
- Rod Stewart
Know, You, Had, Trouble
Instead of getting married again, I'm going to find a woman I don't like and just give her a house.
- Rod Stewart
Woman, Give, Going, Married
I think I was always looking for that perfect woman, who obviously doesn't exist. I wanted to be married. I wanted more kids. I'm a family man, at heart.
- Rod Stewart
Think, Always, I Think, Married
I was very fortunate that I saved my money and I still do.
- Rod Stewart
Money, Very, Still, Fortunate
I had this almost Dickensian look. I was quite fragile.
- Rod Stewart
Had, Almost, Quite, Fragile
Brewing a good cuppa is something not everyone can do, and I loathe bad tea.
- Rod Stewart
Tea, Bad, Everyone, Loathe
It has gone past me now, the writing phase.
- Rod Stewart
Past, Now, Phase, Gone
It was early detection that saved my voice - and I imagine, my life.
- Rod Stewart
Voice, My Life, Imagine, Detection
I want to make people aware of early detection.
- Rod Stewart
Want, Aware, Make, Detection
I'm very proud of my well-earned wrinkles, so show 'em.
- Rod Stewart
Proud, Show, Very, Wrinkles
You can be with one of the most beautiful women in the world and still be unhappy.
- Rod Stewart
Beautiful, Most, Still, Beautiful Women
The first cut is the deepest.
- Rod Stewart
First, Cut, Deepest
I've been a golden boy for too long.
- Rod Stewart
Boy, Been, Too, Golden
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.
- Rod Stewart
Voice, Sure, Very, Madonna
You learn a lot about yourself doing physical work.
- Rod Stewart
Learn, Doing, Lot, Physical
You know my wife, she's 6 ft 1 she can beat anyone up.
- Rod Stewart
Wife, She, Anyone, Beat
I've still got a brilliant head of hair, which refuses to lay down!
- Rod Stewart
Head, Still, Which, Refuses
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.
- Rod Stewart
Listening, Other, Which, Listen
Well, there's not a day goes by when I don't get up and say thank you to somebody.
- Rod Stewart
Thankful, Say, Goes, Somebody
I do my bit for charity.
- Rod Stewart
Bit, Charity
You know I think I could give a little more back to charity.
- Rod Stewart
Think, Give, I Think, Charity
At my age you don't go into fatherhood lightly.
- Rod Stewart
Age, Go, Lightly, Fatherhood
Obviously, I haven't really progressed that much at my craft.
- Rod Stewart
Much, Obviously, Really, Craft
Although I'm living in California, I'm very proud to be British.
- Rod Stewart
Proud, Living, Very, California
Half the battle is selling music, not singing it. It's the image, not what you sing.
- Rod Stewart
Battle, Image, Half, Sing
I became famous, I think, really because of the interpretation of other people's songs, way back when, and that's what I enjoy the most. And I'm a lazy bugger.
- Rod Stewart
Think, Other, Became, Interpretation
I carry lots of guilt.
- Rod Stewart
Guilt, Lots, Carry
You've got to have this burning desire in your chest to succeed.
- Rod Stewart
Desire, Chest, Burning
I'm a rock star because I couldn't be a soccer star.
- Rod Stewart
Soccer, Rock, Rock Star, Because
I don't enjoy songwriting.
- Rod Stewart
Enjoy, Songwriting
I see myself at 7:30 in the morning and it's not too pretty.
- Rod Stewart
Morning, See, Pretty, I See
Even by rock star standards, I was pretty awful.
- Rod Stewart
Rock, Standards, Pretty, Rock Star
I've always been able to get inside a song really easily, and if it's my song, I can make it seem honest.
- Rod Stewart
Song, Always, Been, Honest
I'm a gentleman.
- Rod Stewart
Gentleman
I do feel a certain love from the British public.
- Rod Stewart
Love, Feel, Public, British
I had this little handheld transistor radio that I used to sleep next to.
- Rod Stewart
Sleep, Next, Had, Radio
Everybody sings from their diaphragm.
- Rod Stewart
Everybody, Sings
I am somewhat on the shy side. I know people might find that hard to believe.
- Rod Stewart
I Am, Shy, Side, Somewhat
I always thought I was so fit.
- Rod Stewart
Thought, Always, Fit
I wish I knew what I know now before.
- Rod Stewart
Wish, I Wish, Before, Knew
I'm still not good at changing nappies, but I do do it.
- Rod Stewart
Good, Still, Changing
How can my son not be straight after all I've said and done for him?
- Rod Stewart
Son, How, After, Straight
Fast cars like Porsches and Ferraris - they are things of beauty.
- Rod Stewart
Beauty, Like, Things, Fast
There is this power that comes with being famous.
- Rod Stewart
Power, Being Famous, Being, Famous
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