Anyone who lip-synchs in public on stage when you pay 75 pounds to see them should be shot.

If I was to say what I am, I'd be a Labour man. I like Tony Blair a lot, I think he's a good man. And in America I'd definitely be a Democrat; I'd never be a Republican.

I'm so proud to be on a Kate Bush record; she's always marched to the beat of her own drum.

After claws and feathers, he took skin and bone, shaped it like an hour glass and made the angels moan.

A couple of sounds that I really like are the sounds of a switchblade and a motor bike.

Blue jean baby, LA lady, seamstress for the band. Pretty eyed, pirate smile, you'll marry a music man. Ballerina, you must have seen her dancing in the sand.

I have an optimistic view of everything. You have to, otherwise you'd go nuts.