I had no desire to be famous; I just wanted to make the greatest music ever made. I didn't want anyone to know who I was.

Both me and my wife's extended family all live within a 50-mile radius. Like me, a lot of them did time in London then started drifting back to the countryside and the sea. Perhaps it's a homing instinct.

I don't think of death in a romantic way anymore.

People think it's funny that I enjoy dreaming so much. I just use it as a form of entertainment. It's very private. I don't see my dreams as separate. I mean, half the time I'm wandering around dreaming anyway.

I really enjoy what I do, and who I'm with and where I am. Having said that, I'm not really a person of habit, because what I do in my job is travel around the world and play concerts to people, and occasionally do very weird things.

I lose myself in music because I can't be bothered explaining what I feel to anyone else around me.

Without faith that there's a world beyond the one we live in, I don't see how it's possible to get rid of angst.

I've always spent more time with a smile on my face than not, but the thing is, I don't write about it.