Art should be life. It's an imitation of life. It should have some humanity in it.
Do what I want, be honest to myself and then it would do good for others, that's all, full on.
Music is a simulation of something, but language is the greatest thing we possess.
I've always despised the hippies.
'Lollipop Opera' is the backdrop to Finsbury Park. A place that is very thriving, interracial and lot of music stores, Greek, Turkish, all sorts of immigrant music. It's utter Englishness. It blends the Jamaicans, the Irish. It's like what Jim Reeves did with American country music.
I've had great pleasure meeting the likes of Newt Gingrich and having a chat with the fellow on a staircase. I found him completely dishonest and totally likeable, because he doesn't care! He knows what a politician is, and he's a perfect embodiment of one.