You searched through all my poets, From Sappho through to Auden, I saw the book fall from your hands, As you slowly died of boredom.

I don't feel I'm thrown around by the winds of taste and fashion.

I suspect the older you get the more invisible you become.

The band is a living, breathing thing. It grows in the same way we do as human beings and if it doesn't, it dies. It's important to feed the organism, and one way of doing that is to set musical challenges that keep it alive.

Moving to the country is a very bold thing to do. You can have vague romantic notions about doing that, but in actuality, it can be a terrifying thing.

If you look around, complacency is the great disease of your autumn years, and I work hard to prevent that.

My biggest fear is losing memory because memory is what we are. Your very soul and your very reason to be alive is tied up in memory.