The moment something happens to one you love, it's twenty times more intense. You experience pain and enlightenment on a much vaster scale.

Madonna created a monster that sucks up souls.

I have earned hundreds of thousands of pounds, but I can't seem to get to grips with money.

I don’t really have a relationship with the guitar; it’s like my slutty lover, whereas I’m married to the piano

I basically have needed to go to the piano and give voice periodically to, you know - I'm always afraid to describe it as a kind of therapeutic process, but nevertheless it was a type of unloading that had to occur due to my personal life with my mother's health or just my professional trials and tribulations.

One day you will come to Montauk and see your dad playing the piano And see your other dad wearing glasses Hope that you will want to stay for a while Don't worry I know you'll have to go

Climate change has always been sort of my main focus. I think also with [what happened in Fukushima, Japan] there's still a lot to think about in terms of what's coming down the pike into the world's oceans, too.