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.

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

Trumpets are a bit more adventurous; they're drunk! Trumpeters are generally drunk. It wets their whistle.

I'm only 49 years old. I'm still in the middle of this whole thing. I don't feel like it's finished at all. I'm still planning to write better songs.

When we were kids we always used to say, ‘Okay, whoever dies first, get a message through.’ When John died, I thought, ‘Well, maybe we’ll get a message,’ because I know he knew the deal. I haven’t had a message from John.

Love is a robber and he lives within your eyes.

Being in the audience actually looks like quite a lot of fun.