I believe we should encourage children to sing and play instruments from an early age.

Time is on my side, yes it is.

I'm very ambivalent in my feelings about marriage. I think it promises a lot to people... sort of like saying, once you get married you are on the highway to heaven, and quite often it isn't that. I think marriage has always been based on a combination of religious and legal reasons.

Music should elevate you. You can be raised, or left stranded. You can't be raised all the time, in my experience. This might be a rare moment. You might just go up to that level but that's always good.

As long as my face is on page one, I don't care what they say about me on page seventeen.

Life's just a cocktail party - on the street.

For some people it's real therapy to talk to journalists about their private lives and inner thoughts. But I would rather keep something to myself.