I've always done quite well as far as the charts are concerned. And yet I always felt I conveyed the spirit of the music I love, which didn't have any chart success.

Nature is a language - can't you read?

In England, pop music seems now to be exclusively for children. If an artist is no good, why is it necessary to have that artist repeatedly rammed in our face?

You have to, at least from a distance, look as if you know what you're doing, and I can manage that.

I find that it isn't wise to attempt to judge people on their public persona, and even on the music they make. Because I've met so many people whose music I cannot stand, and they're very nice. At the same time, I've met people whose music I've loved, and they're not the person you've invested all this emotion in.

You can't help but feel that the Chinese people are a subspecies.

Does the body rule the mind or does the mind rule the body? I dunno.