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.

Mr. Breschnev says we will bury you, I don't subscribe to that point of view. It seems like such an ignorant thing to do, if the Russians love their children, too.

One of the rewards of success is freedom. the ability to do whatever you like.

Humans make the mistake of believing that it is their right to survive. Species die out on this planet all the time without anyone noticing. The planet will still be there, and we must lose this attitude of divine right, that something will save us.

They build machines they can't control, and bury the waste in a great big hole.

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.

I learned to change my accent; in England, your accent identifies you very strongly with a class, and I did not want to be held back.