The way you get a better world is, you don't put up with substandard anything.

There isn't a town in the world I haven't run amok in.

The only place I considered home was the boarding school, in Yorkshire, my parents sent me to.

I like to read because it's the opposite of being on the go. Reading is the perfect antidote.

Strummer's Law: No input, no output.

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.

I don't have any other message than don't forget you are alive