I'm not dismissing prostitutes, but a lot has changed. This so-called gentrification, it can never be stopped.

Some people will never be able to get their real self, but that's fine, because their fake self is also part of them.

I have met a few people, who are so respected in the fashion industry and all around the world, and are still very humble. People who have it all but act like they only just started, it's beautiful. This is what I want to be.

Composing was more difficult than writing things down.

We're all competent in different ways, we've just got to find a way to push ourselves up more.

When I started writing again, especially when I listened to French music and Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen, I realized that these lots talked about themselves. The greatest artists, they didn't sing; they only spoke.

I was very rebellious, but my family was strict Christians - they would ask us, "What's the shortest verse in the Bible?" and I was the one who always said "John 11:35" straightaway. It stayed with me, the Bible has stayed with me.