I just could not stand the idea of eating meat - I really do think that it has made me calmer.... People's general awareness is getting much better, even down to buying a pint of milk: the fact that the calves are actually killed so that the milk doesn't go to them but to us cannot really be right, and if you have seen a cow in a state of extreme distress because it cannot understand why its calf isn't by, it can make you think a lot.

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

After I've done the salesman bit, I like to be quiet and retreat, because that's whereI write from. I'm a sort of quiet little person.

I love comedy. I like to think that there's a sense of humor in some of my music - obviously not all of it.

I think as a mature artist, you're probably always trying to undo the compromises of one's self [in general]. It's not necessarily to do with youth.

However, if I ever were in a position to choose who would play me, I think I'd choose Johnny Depp.

I haven't actually seen a Lady Gaga tour, but I do think she's very good.