I just go into the studio, look at the lyrics for the first time when I put them on the piano, and go. If I haven't got it within 40 minutes, I give up. It's never changed, the thrill has never gone, because I don't know what I'm going to get next.

I mean, Sting is one of my great buddies and I love him to death.

I have a much better relationship with the press than I did, I think because I stood my ground.

He'd been drinking in a bar downtown, when he thought he heard a choir of angels singing in the Tiki Lounge. And that's when he got religion.

I went up to Prince and said 'I'm a big fan of your stuff' and he looked at me and just walked off...left me standing there like a ****. He's a prat, but a clever prat.

I think performers are all show-offs anyway, especially musicians. Unless you show off, you're not going to get noticed.

Don't show up around here until your social worker's helped.