And I've always loved playing solo.

What happens to us all, I think, when we pick up a pen, is that we just become snobs.

If you don't mark your successes, the day your ship comes in could be just another day at the office, and there's no poetry in that.

I'm not an actor, and I'll never call myself an actor. I've never thought of it as part of my life. I'll always be a singer, in my eyes.

I just didn't realize, being a young person, that if you sign up to make a film, a certain portion of your soul is forever gone. From there on, you are that character to everybody you'll ever meet again.

You know, albums are a funny thing. They're not like an intellectual decision. It's a collection of your kind of musings.

I only ever really take out my guitar when I'm miserable, which isn't necessarily a very good time to do it.