I will say it is great to have a woman in charge of the country.

My father was always playing the piano. He played all kinds of music - Gershwin, all kinds of stuff. He was really a hugely encouraging force to me when I was little.

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.

Im the shyest megalomaniac youre ever likely to meet.

50 Words of Snow just didn't seem to have the complications that quite a lot of albums have. It felt to me like it had this very good flow of energy.

Chips of plutonium are twinkling in every lung.

As the people grow colder, I turn to my computer and spend my evenings with it like a friend.