I've never been burdened with a hit record, so I don't have to play the same songs. I play songs people think they like.

If people were really naked and everyone knew what each other was thinking, everyone would probably just laugh... or they'd lock each other up.

If you make money back from your record, you're doing it smart. It's an expensive hobby. I'm lucky enough to still make a living as a musician through live work and odd bits of royalties.

If you miss someone too much you turn into them... though it doesn't seem to work for the Christian Church.

I was buying Bob Dylan mainly, everything I could get hold of by him.

You realize that the first Bryan Ferry album was pretty good although at the time it seemed a bit cheesy.

In this world of doubt, one thing is certain for me; that I will go on writing songs up to and - I hope, through heavenly means or diabolical - beyond the day I die.