If Jesus Christ came back today, He and I would get into our brown corduroys and go to the nearest jean store and overturn the racks of blue denim.

I am not afraid to appear in Israel, although when I come to a place like Israel, I know it's not a picnic by the Thames. I am aware of the tension and it saddens me.

It's only the giving that makes you what you are.

Seek that which within lies waiting to begin the fight of your life that is everyday.

As a musician, life is not over just because you are getting older, and so I find retirement a very frightening and dark thought.

I think I've owned all the models of iPods so far. And these days between my iPod, iPhone and my personal laptop computer, I'm someone who is very, very grateful for all the ways to listen to music and completely switch off from people around me and listen to the music in detail, which is very hard to do if you're in a room with other people.

I make up my own mind in light of available facts, with my own experience and a sense of personal ethics.