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I'm lucky to have had a father [John Lennon] who paid attention.

It's a bit embarrassing watching myself, but I couldn't get someone else to play me, that would've been stupid.

I'm always surprised that people make such a fuss about Italian tailoring and French design houses. I think traditional British tailoring for men is so good. Everything's the right cut, the fabrics are good.

I have a specific set of, I have a specific sort of negative energies to deal with that might be specific to me, but it definitely something that all artists have to deal with at one point or another. But I think for me, it's just maybe more specific.

Anyone who doesn't think the government killed my father either hasn't given the issue much thought, or is insane.

I wouldn't even say "Imagine" is political. I think it's…more just sort of declaration of humanity. I don't find his political songs to be the ones that I go home and listen to. And I would say that of any artist. They're not the ones that interest…