He said: "Without love things are utterly empty. Now, that sounds too w***y but it's true.
"I'm so old, so ugly, I thought love would never come my way again.
Then it did and allowed me to write an album again."
Bob - who has children Fifi, 27, Peaches, 21, and Pixie, 20, with Paula, and also raises her 14-year-old daughter Tiger Lily from the presenter's relationship with Michael Hutchence - admits he was grateful that Jeanne had no idea about the troubles in his personal life when they first met.
He added: "This record is full of gratitude that Jeanne came along and somehow was able to love this very unlovable person, me.
"You know, this girl from Paris hadn't got a f***ing clue about what was going on and she lands in the middle of this stuff."