Feelings are more dangerous than ideas, because they aren't susceptible to rational evaluation. They grow quietly, spreading underground, and erupt suddenly, all over the place.

Even though I'm known as a pop musician, I have a seriousness about what I do.

It's easy to forget that your best work is done when your attention is fully engaged.

I don't like celebrity programmes - but I do like programmes about how ideas are formed and evolve.

The trouble begins with a design philosophy that equates 'more options' with 'greater freedom.'

If you've spent a long time developing a skill and techniques, and now some 14 year-old upstart can get exactly the same result, you might feel a bit miffed I suppose, but that has happened forever.

I have a definite talent for convincing people to try something new. I am a good salesman. When I'm on form, I can sell anything.