The music publishing I own is fabulous recording.

I think it's something to do with the structural quality of the songs. We weren't actually trying to make stuff that was cool, or of the moment, although a lot of it was. We were trying to make stuff that was good enough to stick around and lo and behold, it has.

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 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.

The willow turns his back on inclement weather. And if he can do it, we can do it.

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

I never look forward, because I have no idea about how any of it happened to getting here. I've no idea how the next five years are going to be.