I haven't felt compelled to go back in the studio and do anything serious. I have a little sort of home studio thing which I potter about in occasionally.

I've never had any religion. I'd prefer it if I did, really. Even as a boy I just couldn't make myself believe.

I can remember a lot of nights performing in those early years where you felt that you hit some good moments, but a lot of the time you're thinking, "Oh, God, this isn't quite making it." So I think that is what makes you in the end refine your view of things a little bit.

I've played rugby at school a bit. I didn't play football at school; I played football after school.

I am a lover of all sorts of different music. I love blues and every piece of music that I have listened to has become an influence.

It's crazy that America gives such a paltry percentage of its GNP to the starving nations.

I tend to fly old airplanes and old sort of things that are nearly about as old as me. Biplanes and stuff like that.