You gotta bear in mind, the youth - and this is just in Britain alone - have nowhere to go in the evenings. They've closed all the social centers. There's not even a patch of grass to kick a ball on.

It's nice to be irritated. It's a very joyous thing.

For me people are people, without meaning to sound corny, it's a plain natural fact, music is a universal language and I've always known that and observed that and treated music with great respect accordingly.

I'd rather give up my ears than my eyes, which might sound unusual for a musician.

I'm aware of my songs. I'm aware of them because they're about true emotions, true feelings, things that matter.

I love being alive so much. When you come out of comas in your childhood, every moment awake is a joyous occasion.

Anybody who says, "Look, John, I'm a politician. Don't believe a word I say," is a friend of mine.