“When I think of a song, I think of it as a beast. You chase these beas...” — John Waite Quote

“When I think of a song, I think of it as a beast. You chase these beasts around the room and try to grab them and put them in a tape machine. But they're slippery, and they run away a lot.”

“I am the same man writing the music. I haven't changed directions to suit anyone except me.”

“It was a free-for-all; the BBC wouldn't play anything so we had pirate radio playing the African-American music and the Beatles and greats like Howlin' Wolf and Robert Johnson and Motown's Martha Reeves and the Vandellas and Otis Redding.”

“I mean, I really hung in there for as long as I could. I was working 18 hours a day on songs and singing.”

“You know, the European record labels always say, 'We want 12 songs and then we want bonus songs,' and you're going, 'What for? Why?' That's not a record.”

“I mean, I hate to say it, but I listen to Journey and think, 'Jesus Christ, that is just wrong.' That's why there will never be a Bad English reunion. It's for super white people listening to super white music.”

“Werewolves were far more terrifying than vampires. It is probably the idea of seeing the human within the beast and knowing you can't reach it. It might as well be a great white shark. There is no sitting down and discussing Proust with it, which the traditional vampire model seems to leave room for. You can have a conversation.”

“Beast. That's what everybody says about me.”

“Man differs more from Man, than Man from Beast.”

“The Olympics are a completely different beast. It's the most magical moment of your career.”

“You'll see every kind of New Yorker in there. You really feel like you're in the belly of the beast when you're in Union Square.”

“I expected Ronda to be a beast. You know what? Ronda's a beast.”