I know I'm a pop star. But sometime I'd like to be a rock star.

I'm pretty sure Adele and James Blunt were dumped by the same man.

I am a dreamer but when I wake, you can't break my spirit, it's my dreams you take

I guess if you're stupid enough to join the army without thinking about getting shot at, then you really are a fool.

I write, "Give me reason but don't give me choice, because I'll make the same mistake again." I think that's what most men want to be told.

Will you be my shoulder when I'm gray and older? Promise me tomorrow starts with you. Getting high, running wild among the stars above. Sometimes it's hard to believe you remember me.

The showbiz world has to be manipulated to make it more interesting because most people's lives are boring.

Being British, I don't really have a way of expressing myself in conversation. Music transcends language.

If the Army helped towards my tuition fees I would then give them four years of my life.

My life is brillant, My love is pure.

It may be over but it won't stop there, I am here for you if you'd only care

Failure is success in abeyance

It is unwise to make something permanent when the whole world is shifting.

Patience has its limits, take it too far and it's cowardice.

And as things fell apart, nobody paid much attention

So is it just human nature to believe that things happen for a reason - to find some shred of meaning even in the worst experiences?

David Bowie told me my music sounds like tomorrow

We are not governed by armies or police, but by ideas.

The Stone Age gave us arrow heads and eventually knives, and that allowed us to kill animals in ways you couldn't before, and once you had them you were able to remove the skin and bones.

I was fascinated by The Lord of the Rings from about the age of eight and that lasted well into my teens.

Nobody will laugh long who deals much with opium: its pleasures even are of a grave and solemn complexion.