I think people who create and write, it actually does flow-just flows from into their head, into their hand, and they write it down. It's simple.

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 best thing I ever saw was a man who loved his wife.

There are two things John and I always do when we're going to sit down and write a song. First of all we sit down. Then we think about writing a song.

I thought the only lonely place was on the moon.

Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm sixty-four?

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.