I'd quite like to have one place where I stay put. And I don't like living in cities all the time. In order to have ideas, you have to have some peace and quiet.

I really try to understand what people are saying and answer as honestly as I can. But sometimes it's like they try to tie you into knots. That's why I mostly steer clear of the popular press. I try not to read . . . Well, I never read gossip press. I just read books. And I never switch on the TV any more.

We need a government, not politics. Because there's too much politics. Of course there should be debate. But there seems to be so much pettiness and not enough good faith. It is civilized to agree to disagree, and this idea is slowly disintegrating. The great statesmen of the past knew this, and I think it helps drive civilization.

Elizabeth Taylor was never told what to wear or paid to carry a certain handbag.

Holding a note is a very difficult thing - you have to use your whole body to achieve a perfect pitch.

I don't approach fashion; fashion approaches me!

Memories are like mercury. Every time you sort of try to get near them, they slip out of your hand like a bar of soap.