I love England. I don't really like places when they're too hot. It's my Celtic blood.

I am a metrosexual and into male grooming - I moisturise, I exfoliate.

Being onstage is a way of harnessing your vulnerability and using the adrenaline to be creative. It's a very vulnerable place to be - technically, emotionally, and physically - but I love it.

I'm an atheist. I don't 'believe' at all.

I've always thought that actors wanted to be pop musicians and pop musicians wanted to be actors.

Your life is the same wherever you go.

Why do I find it hard to write the next line?

My instinct is to be very controlling.

I think sometimes my controlling instincts came out of a fear of other people.

Love is family, support, priority, and understanding.

I think my younger self would be more amazed to know I was doing an interview for 'The Spectator.

In times of trouble, people need artists. We create those spaces where their own pain and worry and sadness can rest, and where their broken hearts can hope again.

All churches are an echo of this—the Cathedral of Nature.

There could be no honor in a sure success but much might be wrested from a sure defeat.

Is there nothing to sing about to-day? Then borrow a song from tomorrow; sing of what is yet to be. Is this world dreary? Then think of the next.

I love putting the music together. It's like art

China is more prosperous than before. The people have better lives but they are not happy and confident because the scars are still there.

I try to connect with the everyday, every guy.

Bulls make money and bears make money, but pigs seldom do. When a stock or mutual fund is up 30%, sell one-quarter of your position.

For ivy climbs the crumbling hall To decorate decay.

The best among all is one who possesses God's love no matter what religion he belongs to.