I just became a vegetable for three months. I couldn't talk to people. I was very ill and that was part of the reason I left college.

I feel very grateful to be alive and well enough to make music.

Mental health needs a great deal of attention. It's the final taboo and it needs to be faced and dealt with.

When they saw you kneeling, crying words you mean. Opening their eyeballs, eyeballs, pretending that your Al Green, Al Green.

I didn't lose my virginity until I was 18 The first time was a nightmare. Who shows you how to use a condom?

There is always room at the top, don't let them tell you there is not.

I watched Picasso visit the Planet of the Apes, as the masters rot on walls and the angels eat the grapes.