I do use my music to entertain myself, as indeed I use other people's music.

Some song ideas absolutely require a kind of rigid discipline, and others require absolute chaotic abandon. The form is only valid if you know how to un-form it. I don't mean to sound like an intellectual here!

I've been asked over the years to compile a list of desert-island discs. I couldn't do that. If I was trapped on a desert island, I don't think I'd want 10 songs to bring with me.

Do what I want, be honest to myself and then it would do good for others, that's all, full on.

I have a sensible set of values that tell me to never lie.

Love is what you feel for a dog or a pussycat. It doesn't apply to humans.

It's a repressive society where you can't be horrible, I'm not horrible, they made me horrible, I'm just honest.