I went to a school in Cambridge, which I thought was completely rotten. Yes, hated it. Now they want me to go back there and support this, that, and the other and I haven't managed to pluck up the courage to even face it yet.

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.

You don't want to believe everything you hear.

I think myself that, rather like books, music is meant to enter into the brain, well via your ears rather than your eyes but, it's - I think a lot more should be left to the imagination.

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

The expectation on me as a solo artist is very different to the audience's expectation of a Pink Floyd show.

Being a solo artist is what I do. It's what I've been doing for the last 20 years and a bit before then.