"I don't care what other critics say, I only hope to be played."

"Try a thing you haven't done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time to figure out whether you like it or not."

"I said to my friends that if I was going to starve, I might as well starve where the food is good."

"I don't know much about only children. I was the middle one of three, and if ever I was alone with mum and dad, it was a rare moment."

"Parenthood remains the greatest single preserve of the amateur."

"Music should probably provide answers in terms of lyrical content, and giving people a sense of togetherness and oneness, as opposed to being alone in their thoughts and dilemmas or regrets or happiness or whatever."

"Even in the presence of others he was completely alone."