I may as well do everything as if it’s brand new, and if I start to feel that any of it’s a compromise, then I’ll...I’ll be in Wisconsin.

I don't know how much more expressive you can get than being a rock and roll singer.

To rock isn't necessarily to cavort.

I'm British - ostensibly British - but I don't know where I really belong, you know?

I'm a total soccer freak. I total soccer freak. Absolute total.

Possibly the whole creative whirlwind of any musician's life is based on garnering and developing and absorbing more and more experience.

I do spend a lot more time away from the U.K., it's important to me that I still feel the beat of the people that have been close to me for a long, long time. It's also important that I have really strong and beautiful relationships which I wish to preserve. That enables me - or challenges me, ultimately - to get a Texas driving license!