A biography for Rod Stewarthasn’t been written yet.
“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.”
“Sometimes I think the playing field is certainly not even. You know, it's just not.”
“Everybody sings from their diaphragm.”
“I don't have any social life or anything.”
“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.”
“How can my son not be straight after all I've said and done for him?”
“Fast cars like Porsches and Ferraris - they are things of beauty.”
“Even by rock star standards, I was pretty awful.”
“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.”
“My big brother still thinks he's a better singer than me.”
“I did things with the microphone stand that no-one else has attempted to do.”
“It has gone past me now, the writing phase.”
“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.”
“I am a man of contradictions, I suppose.”
“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 been out with some extremely beautiful women who have had no sex appeal whatsoever. It really is a lot more than skin deep.”
“There's nobody I look up to, really.”
“I had this little handheld transistor radio that I used to sleep next to.”
“I can definitely say the older I've got the better I've become at being a dad and a husband.”
“At my age you don't go into fatherhood lightly.”