I'm not much of a family man. I'm just not that into it. I love kids, I adore them, but I don't want to live my life for them.

I find that the rhythm of going on long walks will suggest melodies.

If you play music with passion and love and honesty, then it will nourish your soul, heal your wounds and make your life worth living. Music is its own reward.

I'm very much afraid of being mad - that's my one fear.

For to sit in a room full of books, and remember the stories they told you, and to know precisely where each one is located and what was happening in your life at time or where you were when you first read it is the languid and distilled pleasure of the connoisseur.

I always stayed fit because I'm a performer, and all of those things help me to perform.

I have been through various fitness regimes. I used to run about five miles a day and I did aerobics for a while.