I cherish my privacy, and woe betide anyone who tries to interfere with that.

It's a diabolical business. I can't imagine how hellish it must be to be hounded like Amy Winehouse and people like that. I have a little peripheral place on the outskirts of celebrity, when I go to premieres and that sort of stuff, which is as close as I want to get.

I've never stuck around long enough to know if anyone would miss me. That's rock 'n' roll, though. Here today, gone tomorrow.

If you were to plot my success or failure, it goes, it very seldom stays on a high plateau.

If you don't have an album or you don't have any tune, you can't start.

I like an element of chaos in music. That feeling is the best thing ever, as long as you don't have too much of it.

I don’t care about the rules. In fact, if I don’t break the rules at least ten times in every song, then I’m not doing my job properly. Emotion is much more important than making mistakes, so be prepared to look like a chump. If you become too guarded and too processed, the music loses its spontaneity and gut feeling