I'm far more dangerous now, because I don't care at all.

I have a weird life because I live on songwriting royalties, which are a strange income. Sometimes it rains, sometimes it doesn't. ... I want to grow up with my audience. I don't expect to be getting through to the younger pop crowd. I learned that from Paul Simon. ... When you blame yourself, you learn from it. If you blame someone else, you don't learn nothing, cause hey, it's not your fault, it's his fault, over there. ... People have told me songs I've written have changed their life. That's remarkable. That keeps your faith.

All the power's in the hands of people rich enough to buy it.

If I had five million pounds I'd start a radio station because something needs to be done. It would be nice to turn on the radio and hear something that didn't make you feel like smashing up the kitchen and strangling the cat.

When I started, they told me I only needed 3 chords and the truth... It turned out I could manage with 2 and some vague ideas.

We aren't particularly talented. We try harder!

I don't want to look back. I want to keep going forward, I still have something to say to people.