Britain is not the same anymore of course. It's never the same.

I thought of collaborating with other people which still might happen at this point. It might not. I was just trying to break the cycle because I had gotten to a point where I was definitely sure that I was on the wrong track after about 16 years.

There's no difference between lyrics and poetry. Words are words. The only difference is the people who are in academic positions and call themselves poets and have an academic stance. They've got something to lose if they say it's all poetry; if there's not music to it, and you have to wear a certain kind of checkered shirt or something like that. It's all the same. Lyrics are lyrics, poetry is poetry, lyrics are poetry, and poetry is lyrics. They are interchangeable to me.

My thinking musically has always been more advanced - it is difficult to get it down onto paper sometimes, even now.

Singing is my profession - there is no plan B.

Men come, men go, all things remain in God.

I think intellectualization is what's killing most people.