A guitarist or a drummer can get a cold and still play; I get a cold and sound like a wet mitten trying to sing you a love song. Charming.

After a while, though, you realize that a whole slew of young singer-songwriter piano players are getting compared to you. That's when you feel the passage of time is occurring.

Anything a wife should do, I'm terrible at. Anything a mistress should do, I'll try.

I produce the records. I don't hand over control to some really expensive producer who then talks to the record company and then tries to bend me to their will - for commercial purposes.

People can be quite bullish with their opinions. That does not mean they have their finger on the pulse. It just means they value their own opinion.

I think that the nightmares are telling me things about myself that I need to know. And I try to understand what they mean, so I can get to know something more about my soul.

I have never smoked and have always drunk a lot of water, but cleanse, tone and moisturise every day? No way!