I'm not a big fan of religion for that reason. But I am a true believer in God, and I have great faith, and I think that a spiritual connection with something is a really important part of our experience. That doesn't necessarily have anything to do with the church.

You have this special connection with someone if you're their first record or their first concert or their first poster or whatever it is.

My idea of what's good and bad and right and wrong is maybe greyer than most, and I like writing about that.

I'm not a big fan of religion for that reason. But I am a true believer in God, and I have great faith, and I think that a spiritual connection with something is a really important part of our experience. That doesn't necessarily have anything to do with the church.

The propensity to do good things is a choice.

I had a kind of Dickensian childhood.

I was a teen idol and that has a short shelf life.