It has been an extraordinary experience and, in many ways, extremely positive.

I've simplified much more in my writing. I say what I've got to say, not in metaphor.

When you are 18, 19, 20, you're used to being photographed all the time, in a certain way. So, the narcissism becomes almost out of control. And the way that young women are photographed, they become addicted to this feedback of the image.

I love the Stones, but I've gone to a lot of gigs.

When you split from someone, it doesn't have to mean that you don't love them anymore, you realize that the period of that particular romance is over. One always has to get out before one gets kicked out.

The food that's never let me down in life is porridge, especially with milk and maple syrup, which is delicious. Paris isn't a porridge place, but I can buy it in London when I'm there and bring it back with me.

Maybe the most that you can expect from a relationship that goes bad is to come out of it with a few good songs.