Money isn't important, but you have to have enough, so you don't have to think about it. Thinking about money is a drag.

There's the famous thing that the A&R man from the record company is supposed to do: He's supposed to come into the studio and listen to the songs you've been recording and then say, 'Guys, I don't hear any singles.' And then everybody falls into a terrible depression because you have to write one.

A Conservative government is necessary. There is no credible alternative.

It's weird: The leader of the Conservative Party in England is two years younger than me, and I still don't really feel like a responsible adult.

I guess I'm fairly insistent and maybe consistent. If I decide I'll do something, I generally will.

We've always been a bit out of touch with reality.

You get to a certain age and you just want to prove that you can still rock - that you've still got it.