Ebony and ivory live together in perfect harmony, side by side on my keyboard piano, oh Lord, why don't we?

If You can play Your stuff in a pub, then You´re a good band.

People would say to me, “Hey man, you look just like Paul McCartney”, and I'd say: “I wish I had his money!”

I did study Shakespeare, that was sort of my thing; I got a Literature A-level, which is my only claim to academic fame.

My record producer [David Kahne] said the major record labels these days are like dinosaurs sitting around discussing the asteroid. They know it's going to hit. They don't know when, they don't know where it's coming from. But it's sort of hit already. With iTunes, and all of that.

My arrest was on every bloody TV set. The other prisoners all knew who I was and asked me to sing.

When two great saints meet, it's a humbling experience.