There was a time where I was the youngest one in any group, and now when I turn around sometimes, I'm the oldest one in every group. It just seemed to flip-flop one day - it wasn't a gradual thing.

People sort of know me for that solo piano music I did.

I like it here in New York. I like the idea of having to keep eyes in the back of your head all the time.

That's what my life is, writing songs.

I am a ham. I've no business being rock 'n' roll. I've said it over and over again that I'm a classical composer, dishevelling my personality by dabbling in rock 'n' roll.

It would be a stronger world, a stronger, loving world, to die in.

I missed out on my teenage years. I led a sheltered life. I was practicing scales instead of going out there and playing football.