I don't have any desire to learn. I feel it's like a voodoo, that it would spoil things if I actually learnt how things are done.

No matter how accomplished or how many awards you get, you're always still thinking there's somebody out there who's better than you.

The most important ingredient to making a song work is the magic. You've got a melody, you've got words, but on the more successful songs, there's a sort of magic glow that just happens and you can feel it happening. It just makes the songs sort of roll out.

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

And when the night is cloudy There is still a light that shines on me Shine on until tomorrow, let it Be...

I'm not into, Hey, what's your sign? or any of that. But I don't know how I got here, and I don't know how I write songs. I don't know why I breathe.

None of us wanted to be the bass player. In our minds he was the fat guy who always played at the back.