I'm an extremely slow worker, very unprolific. It can take me weeks to do a three-minute song, or at least to make it sound, in my mind, like I haven't written it. That's when I'm satisfied.

If anyone comes along, I'm more than happy to welcome them, but I'm not interested in world domination.

The world is full of musicians who can play great, and you wouldn't cross the road to see them. It's people who have this indefinable attitude that are the good ones.

What's so funny about peace, love, and understanding?

Going to Nashville to meet the in-laws was the first time when I'd been in America and not been seen as some sort of eccentric character with a cute accent.

I like being a big fish in a small pond. I'm not interested in a huge audience because it brings headaches.

I loved Christmas. We had a really great time. But there wasn't - it was all - you had to be happy with, you know, an orange and a couple of walnuts, you know, in your stocking.

The number of contemporary artists who appeal to me is infinitesimal.

Elvis Costello had a brand new bag. He was a musician, but he knew all about the attitude part of it.

As long as my body holds out, I'll be grooving when I'm 70, and not some sort of horrible spectacle.

Be a military flier or be in a band; those were the two hippest things I could imagine.

I have the heart of an artist and the soul of a writer.

All the bravery that lines our lives, in the ordinary moments adds up to an extraordinary, successful life.

Broadly speaking, we are in the middle of a race between human skill as a means and human folly as an end.

Feminism means revolution and I am a revolutionist.

Pray without ceasing on behalf of other men...For cannot he that falls rise again?

We should enjoy food and have fun. It is one of the simplest and nicest pleasures in life.

Thank God I'm not too cool for a seatbelt.

Movies will finally reflect the world we live in, not some weird dinosaur reality.

What surprises me most about God is that the creator of the universe should want a relationship with me.

I think celebrities are kind of put up on a pedestal and we don't really know much about them. I feel like my fans know every part of me because I've shown them.