Pretty much the only goal I've had since the beginning, which I still have, is just to get better, work hard, focus, and everything else will just be a bonus. As long as I'm satisfied, and I think we're getting better with every song compared to the last, then I'm satisfied and that's all I want. If we don't achieve that, then I'll be disappointed.

The problem with touring isn't the traveling and the shows, it's the vegetal state you get into.

I feel slightly confused about certain things. Practical and tactical things. When you try to make everyone happy… in the end you've got to make yourself happy.

I have to say, I'm good with gifts. If I find something perfect for a certain person, I'll just get it and put it away in a kind of nook under my bed - a little gift hutch, if you prefer.

The way Lou Reed wrote and sang about drugs and sex, about the people around him - it was so matter-of-fact.

Make sure your heart is singing right until the day it stops.

No one leaves an old friend unless they are ashamed.