And So This Is Christmas; And What Have We Done? Another Year Over; A New One Just Begun; And So Happy Christmas; I Hope You Have Fun; The Near And The Dear Ones; The Old And The Young.

All music is rehash. There are only a few notes. Just variations on a theme. Try to tell the kids in the Seventies who were screaming to the Bee Gees that their music was just The Beatles redone. There is nothing wrong with the Bee Gees.

Please don’t spoil my day; I’m miles away and, after all, I’m only sleeping.

The artist's role isn't to tell people how to feel, but reflect.

I was trying to say something about Christianity, the idea that you have to be tortured to attain heaven. I didn't believe that.

When I was a child I experienced moments of not wanting to see the ugliness, not wanting to see not being wanted. This lack of love went into my eyes and into my mind.

If The Beatles or the 60's had a message, it was 'Learn to swim. And once you've learned - swim!