I think I mentioned to Bob [Geldof] I could make love for eight hours. What I didn't say was that this included four hours of begging and then dinner and a movie.

I see songs not as a commodity used up when the album goes off the charts, which is often the case with pop songs. I see them as a body of work. Life should be breathed into them.

Like Yoga, the spiritual life is actually very difficult.

The Super Bowl is Americana at its most kitsch and fun.

I realize that nothing's as it seems.

I have a big problem with piped music. I like either silence or to listen to it properly.

At night a candle's brighter than the sun