Look, people are allowed their own opinions and they don't always coincide with yours. As an artist you just have to keep plugging on.

I should be able to look at my accolades and go, "Come on, Paul. That's enough." But there's still this little voice in the back of my brain that goes, "No, no, no. You could do better. This person over here is excelling. Try harder!" It still can be a little bit intimidating.

You can judge a man's true character by the way he treats his fellow animals.

I guess the ultimate luxury professionally is to be able to change your direction, to work in another medium.

She is the rock 'n' roll queen. Weirdly enough, that is one of the things her reign will be remembered for. Queen Elizabeth I, we remember Raleigh; Queen Elizabeth II it's gonna be the Beatles.

I look a lot busier than I am, as I'm actually a rather sporadic, random person and I'll play a few gigs and then disappear for a while.

I think when you're making an album, as the songs are piling up, one of the good things about it is that you will often write the song that you need.