Americans get very simple explanations of what happens to them.

Something that you can't play in your kitchen is rap. It is done in your neighbour's kitchen.

A good thing never ends.

I suppose you do think about the time that's allotted to you more than when you were younger. The mortality thing obviously has a stronger pull for you. It's an imminent truth; it's not necessarily a bad thing. You realize - much earlier than my age now - that you won't be able to play for England's football team, just to take a really crass example. So you can't have that life again. Unless you believe in reincarnation or whatever. Reincarnation? That's a whole other question. I find people who talk about that sort of thing in interviews idiotic. And I don't want to go down with them.

Everyone knows what their roots are, but you've got to explore everywhere. You've got to explore the sky too.

When you start a new project, no matter if it's a movie like Enigma or an album like Goddess, you are always learning something. While I search, I find something new.

Always as a musician you must have one thing you do well.