I can’t think of another attitude to have toward an audience than a hopeful and positive one. And if that includes such unfashionable things as sentimentality, well, I can afford it.

Trying to describe something musical is like dancing to architecture, it’s really difficult.

My access to music when I was growing up was through pirate radio, you know, transistor radio under the pillow, listening to one more and then ‘just one more’ until your favourite track comes on.

What happens often – although I’m not particularly a victim of this sort of thing – is that somebody will make a quote, or invent a remark and it gets printed, ends up on the ’net and it becomes currency. And some of them are so bizarre!

Someone’s looking for a lead, in his duty to a king or creed. Protecting what he feels is right, fights against wrong with his life.

Love’s the only goal, that can bring a peace to any soul.

Every man’s the same, he wants the sunshine in his name.

Might as well face it, you’re addicted to love.

You can’t be saved, oblivion is all you crave.

A pretty face, don’t make a pretty heart.