English is a beautiful language, a remarkably precise language with a million words to choose from to deliver your exact shade of meaning.

London on your own actually seems more exotic than Egypt on a tour.

It isn't such a bad thing to always know that someone on the other side of the world cares about you.

The fundamental condition of man is his verticality.

When someone achieves higher consciousness, he or she never dies. They only transform.

You don't become the best if you aren't willing to stick your hand in the fire.

Kindness is wisdom.

When you're a pop star, it's a little conservative; you always have to stay in a box. You have fans that are five and fans that are 65; there are so many people wanting so many things.

I came up with a story and I wrote it.

I love you, and you're the measure of my wrath. Declan.

Men seem to be born with a debt they can never pay no matter how hard they try.

Machine intelligence is the last invention that humanity will ever need to make.

I'm looking forward to seeing more of the US, and hopefully spending some of the summer in Europe playing festivals. It's early days though, so who knows.

For most people who write, writing is a compulsion. If I could be healed of it, I would, and I think a lot of people who write feel the same way.