I'm hungry for a juicy life. I lean out my window at night and I can taste it out there, just waiting for me.

I fed my yak on my spare Cadbury chocolate 21, 0000ft up Everest. It was a blonde, very sweet female yak. I made it my pet after that.

My mum is an artist and very into creative expression and freedom.

My return to London introduced me to a wider range of society.

Life is about opportunities, creating them and embracing them, and for me, that was the Olympic dream. That's what defined me. That was my bliss.

The dreamer and his dream are the same...the powers personified in a dream are these that move the world.

People have no clue that they’re in prison, they don’t know that there is an ego, they don’t know the distinction.

People call it Valentines Day, I call it Tuesday.

Music is such an important element in creating the drama that a runway show needs in order to be memorable and to make the clothes come to life.

By the delusions of seeming good the people are often misled to desire their own ruin; and they are frequently influenced by great hopes and brave promises.

I get some flak for and some resistance from colleagues for because I'm interested in storytelling. I mean what I like about songwriting is songs used to tell a story.