If you make your living writing, and you can't write anything, it's over. It's very frightening.

I made two movies before The Police had a hit record: I did Quadrophenia and a film called Radio On.

I've only paid lip service to a spiritual life.

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.

I think the time is right for yoga, we really are living in a very complex time - a time of great turmoil and change. Yoga is a good antidote to all that...It is almost like music in a way; there's no end to it.

The compass spins between heaven and hell, let your soul be your pilot, let your soul guide you.

I think the labyrinth is an interesting metaphor for our lives as musicians. We're always being drawn toward the center of it because that's where the mystery is. What is music? It's a journey.