It wasn't that we were afraid of the Church or the Vatican. The record company thought people might find the title offensive. They asked me if I would change ["A Deal with God"].

What made it special made it dangerous, so I bury it... and forget.

[For Before the Dawn] it was in the hands of a fantastic drummer and percussionist and who drove it into another moment in time. It's such a poignant song and it was transformed into entirely different beast.

Quite often, lyrics get misunderstood - and I never mind that. I guess what all artists want is for their work to touch someone or for it to bethought provoking.

When I've heard a piece of music or seen a painting that moves me, it gives me something.

I think comedy and music are both things that we need as human beings. I think that both art forms can touch people.

My desire was never to be famous. It was to try and create something interesting musically if I could.