An interview will seem very sane to me, and I'll find out that the journalist was laughing out of the side of his mouth half of the time.

I've always seen the songs as having a consciousness. Since I was two-and-a-half they would come to me from nowhere. I never thought that I was conjuring them by myself, and I was always grateful they would come and visit... They've always been very much alive. They don't have a physical body like we do but there seems to be an awareness.

My grandmother really liked virgins. There's nothing wrong with virgins, there's a time and a place for that. I had other things on my mind... like Robert Plant.

The sense of loss is such a tricky one, because we always feel like our worth is tied up into stuff that we have, not that our worth can grow with things we are willing to lose.

I've got tonnes of aboriginal and Native American art, but I'd like even more.

Music is always a reflection of what's going on in the hearts and minds of the culture.

I've been looking for a savior in these dirty streets, looking for a savior beneath these dirty sheets.