My dad, bless him, was a musician. And his dad had thought that his music was rubbish.

It's a lifelong gift, something you can call on at any time.

When you said you were a terrible singer, I thought you were being humble. But you weren't.

I'm actually doing what I want with my life. I do sometime think I could just shut up and rest on my laurels and say: you know what guys, I'll operate out of the pocket you put me in.... but no way! No way I'm gonna do that! I'd just get bored stiff the first minute.

There’s nothing as glamorous to me as a record store.

I hate the idea of success robbing you of your private life.

Sometimes when you write a thing you think, 'Oh, this is good', and it's not a modesty or an immodesty thing, you just... it's just the same with anything; when you write a piece you just figure, 'Oh yeah, I'm on a roll here. This is good; I'm getting the hang of this'. Some pieces are better than others.