My two great heroes are W. B. Yeats and Federico Garcia Lorca.

Some people, it [songwriting] comes faster. Some people, it comes slower.

I always felt I was scraping the bottom of the barrel trying to get a song together.

This civil action is another case of a tragedy that has become all too familiar in the music industry: a business manager and professional advisers exploit an immensely talented artist's loyalty and trust through greed, self-dealing, concealment, knowing misrepresentation and reckless disregard for professional fiduciary duties.

Let judges secretly despair of justice: their verdicts will be more acute. Let generals secretly despair of triumph; killing will be defamed. Let priests secretly despair of faith: their compassion will be true.

I wish I could say everything in one word. I hate all the things that can happen between the beginning of a sentence and the end.

And this is our time-keeper, with a passion for percussion