I hope that the kind reader recognises this as a despairing attempt at humour.

Conform, go crazy, or become an artist.

what's life without a spice of stupidity

Confound my genteel upbringing! I could not think of any name foul enough to call him.

All the words I had prepared turned coward and fled my mind like conscripts deserting a battlefield.

I think music is what language once aspired to be. Music allows us to face God on our own terms because it reaches beyond life.

Have I missed a national holiday? There must be celebrations in the streets for you to be home at this hour of the day.""I'm calling it Summerset Goes Mute Day. The city's gone mad with joy.

Without imagination, there would be no creativity. Without creativity, there would be nothing.

The disruption of science is one which abandons the method and seeks to conquer grounds outside its territory. It is not at all religion but this pseudo-science that is the enemy of science.

Jazz is democracy in music.

Private jets cost a lot of money.

To a certain extent what I do is play with the world, but it's disciplined play.

It's very fascinating, it's very addictive, and it's incredibly challenging. You're never satisfied. It's kind of like advertising. You're never satisfied

Im not a bad guy. People who know me know who I am.

There's a real power in collaboration. I've found that in collaborating while making art, it takes you to a place that you wouldn't necessarily have the confidence to go on your own.