But I don't even think you hear me at all Under your medieval ceiling behind your biblical wall

I've always gravitated towards opera, and the Royal Opera House is quite possibly the greatest opera house on earth.

I've had my ups and downs, and I definitely have a sense - in America, especially - that once you've made your mark and gotten your Rolling Stone piece and your Grammy nomination, that they're on to the next piece of meat, and they don't necessarily like to follow the twistsand turns of an artistic career. Throwing an opera at them is something they have to notice. There's nothing subtle about it.

I definitely have a Luddite's approach to what's going on. I find that as I get older, I get stupider.

I have never cooked a meal in my life and always end up paying for dozens of people to eat with me.

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

I believe a lot of our lives are spent asleep, and what I've been trying to do is hold on to those moments when a little spark cuts through the fog and nudges you.