My children hate me being such a big star. It's very hard for them to have a father who is always in the public eye.

There are times when I flick through magazines and think I'm in danger of becoming a prisoner of my own hair.

I'm the nice guy who sits there signing everything that's put in front of me.

The biggest emotion in creation is the bridge to optimism.

I think music is about our internal life. It’s part of the way people touch each other. That’s very precious to me. And astronomy is, in a sense, the very opposite thing. Instead of looking inwards, you are looking out, to things beyond our grasp.

I had this idea... I wanted the sound to sing and have that thickness but yet still have an edge so that it could articulate. So my dad and I designed the guitar... the one that was made from an old fireplace.

I think Hammer's very cool: he has a great voice and great presence.