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.

The past is a great place and I don't want to erase it or to regret it, but I don't want to be its prisoner either.

I would like to reach a balance and forget a few things.

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.

Thank you for leaving us alone but giving us enough attention to boost our egos.

If you are British, you soon get used to people not loving you. The Irish remind us of offenses from 100 years ago. Perhaps we should react to what the French did to us even longer ago.

I don't believe in original melodies. There are only so many computations of eight notes.