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

Our politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.

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

I see music as one language. If one musical form eats its own tail, it dies. So it needs to be a mongrel, it needs to be hybridised.

You have to be yourself. Stay true to who and what you are. And if people still like you, that's great! If they don't, that's their problem.

My friends are Peter Gabriel, Bruce Springsteen, and we're singing about mortality, getting older. It's an interesting time.

Security in human systems we're told will always, always last. Emotions are the sail, and blind faith is the mast. Without the breath of real freedom we're getting nowhere fast.