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

You have to try and embrace it all and everyone who represents that change because it is happening.

Music is like comedy in that you can enjoy a very - for want of abetter word - sophisticated classical piece as much as you enjoy something that's very simple pop.

The only person with you all your life is you. Your parents die. Things inside you die — illusions, gushes of personality. Only you can sort yourself out. Yourself may not be all you need, but it’s all you’ve got.

My first Top of the Pops I didn't want to do. I was terrified. I'd never done television before. Seeing the video afterwards was like watching myself die.

I just know that something good is going to happen. I don't know when - but just saying it could even make it happen.

I don't think it's a very nice idea [making biopic] at all. I don't think my life is that interesting.