I think I'm a realist. Which people who don't like me consider to be pessimism. It isn't pessimism at all. If I was a pessimist I wouldn't get up, I wouldn't shave, I wouldn't watch Batman at 7:30 a.m. Pessimists just don't do that sort of thing.

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?

When they bury me in a church and chuck earth on my grave, I'd like the words 'Well, at least he tried' engraved on my tombstone.

My love, wherever you are - whatever you are - don't lose faith. I know it's gonna happen someday to you.

Burn down the disco Hang the blessed D.J. Because the music that they constantly play It says nothing to me about my life

I never imagined I'd be a solo artist. And now I couldn't imagine being part of a group.

Women don't go to war to kill other women. Wars and armies and nuclear weapons are essentially heterosexual hobbies.