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

I bemoan the fact that all my famous friends have places in St. Bart's and I have to go to Montauk.

You know the question: 'How do you get to Carnegie Hall?' Answer: 'Practise?' Well, in my case, I got there by not practising. I didn't finish my music degree. And when I got into the pop world, I decided not to conform because I figured that the point of being an artist was that you shouldn't be like anyone else.

Once illness strikes, you realize there's not a lot of time for you to do what you really need to do. And there's no time like the present.

I should write a musical. That is probably one of the final areas that I should pay attention to, because it does kind of involve everything. It's got theatre, it's got young, pretty people... And it's got money!

I wish I could just relax sometimes and make some money, but I always feel like I have to prove some kind of big, profound point.

I think we could all be a bit more elitist.