When school friends would think about appearing on stage as the most frightening, the most awful, intimidating experience ever, I knew that it was something I could do.

I am a coffee fanatic. Once you go to proper coffee, you can't go back. You cannot go back.

I think that’s the lesson you learn in life. As you get older you realize you’re never going to grow up and you’re never going to be ready. And you may, as well, do things now, don’t wait

Russian vodka is OK if you need to clean the oven. For drinking, it must henceforth be Polish.

Driving a motorcycle is like flying. All your senses are alive. When I ride through Beverly Hills in the early morning, and all the sprinklers have turned off, the scents that wash over me are just heavenly. Being House is like flying, too. You're free of the gravity of what people think.

Humility was a cult in my family. I only got it out of my father by accident when he was very old that he had won an Olympic gold medal.

It's a holy city for music.