I think that's what all art is for - for people to express what it is to be human. That's the purpose of it.

One of the problems of our modern world is that there's a lot of things to work through, but, at some point, everybody should take a pause from that and make something, so that it's not just all one-way traffic.

Noise is an easy thing to hide behind. If you make a lot of noise and shout behind that, nobody can tell what you're singing.

The working class has been turned into a consuming class - a situation has been created where people value their worth by what they can afford.

I'm sure Sting's a lovely guy. It's just that nobody wants to be seen as that holier-than-thou thing. That over-earnestness is a bit of a problem with people in bands and celebrities or whatever.

I think that's what all art is for - for people to express what it is to be human. That's the purpose of it.

I would like to believe in an afterlife; it makes things more palatable. But I'm not banking on it.