For "Running Up That Hill" we had worked with a drum machine [in 1985]; the basic rhythms of "Running Up That Hill" happened because the whole track was built on a drum machine.

Don't ever think that you can't change the past.

Maybe if my songs feel personal, that's very nice. I like that. I take that as a great compliment.

To say that you like music is a bit like saying youlike the whole world.

The great thing about art on any level is that it can speak to all people if it's achieved properly.

I saw Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd, which I thought was a masterpiece. Not that long ago, I listened to Blackstar by David Bowie and thought that was a masterpiece. Those are two incredibly talented people who've left their mark with us.

I think quotes are very dangerous things.