In the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.

My mum died when I was 14. That is a kind of strange age to lose a mother. John lost his mum when he was 17.

I'm not really comfortable singing without accompanying myself on stage - I'm not used to it.

It (LSD) opened my eyes. We only use one-tenth of our brain. Just think of what we could accomplish if we could only tap that hidden part! It would mean a whole new world if the politicians would take LSD. There wouldn't be any more war or poverty or famine.

My thing is about following the accidental, more than trying to paint an accurate bowl of apples. I enjoy most following the paint. It leads me somewhere else. I think I enjoy just letting the magic unfold and letting the spirit of the paint tell me where we're going.

The ring at the end of my nose makes me look rather pretty.

My old school in Liverpool is now a performing-arts school, and I kind of teach there - I use the word lightly - but I go there and talk to students.