I just start singing some words with a tune. I don't ever write a song thinking, Now I'll write a song about... .

The Pound is sinking, the Peso's failing, the Lira's reeling, and feeling quite appalling.

If I ever get out of here, thought of giving it all away to a registered charity.

Most people don't know that I invented the selfie.

Home in her apartment she'd dwell 'til the man from her dreams comes to break the spell.

Sometimes when you write a thing you think, 'Oh, this is good', and it's not a modesty or an immodesty thing, you just... it's just the same with anything; when you write a piece you just figure, 'Oh yeah, I'm on a roll here. This is good; I'm getting the hang of this'. Some pieces are better than others.

I realize now that taking drugs was like taking an aspirin without having a headache.