During the songs, you transcend yourself. The best way to be in the performance is to be without pause and be essentially in the moment, in that moment of expression.

Hands up if you’re ready to do something you’ll regret this weekend. Go forth! You have my blessing.

I think I should get a bigger between-the-song persona, so then I'm not wandering around the stage like some mad old auntie that's saying hello to people and falling over.

When I'm singing I'm always trying to get to the highest point possible. I'd fly to the top of Buckingham Palace to sing to the queen.

I like a house party and fancy dress, a big fan of fancy dress, like dress up, costume parties.

I try to maintain a healthy dose of daydreaming, to remain sane.

Having a soul, they say, is like taking sadness and turning it into something beautiful.

If you do something with your whole heart and it's a mistake, you can live with that.

I like the idea of not being afraid of letting your imagination rule you, to feel the freedom of expression, to let creativity be your overwhelming drive rather than other things.

Sometimes I find that music is so much more attractive than love. I don’t know… It’s like some kind of euphoria, that love can’t bring to you.

You should have high expectations for yourself and others should come second.

The moment is a miracle.

Being interesting isn't important. But being happy is. As well as being a person you're proud of

We must all rise to the challenge to demonstrate that security and prosperity in the Internet age are not only compatible with liberty, they ultimately depend on it.

In my bachelor days, the priority wasn't learning to cook.

Ideally, I like to integrate the human issues into the suspense story itself.

I was always very creative. I was always into acting and dancing when I was younger.

I now see that sorrow, being the supreme emotion of which man is capable, is at once the type and test of all great art.

I knew that my father was going to die of heart disease, and I was trying to make a heart for him.

... engineering is a basic instinct in man, the expression of which is existentially fulfilling.