I started out as a drummer, and now play with a back-to-basics rock band called the 'Luddites.' I'm happiest when I'm behind the kit.

I'd had my time in the charts and made loads of money. I was no longer hungry for success.

I'm a person who tries not to have regrets.

I don't trust politicians. I think that by the time they've made it, with the concessions they've had to make in that position, I don't believe they still have the beliefs they had at the root.

I had my 15 minutes of being the new boy of pop, like lots of people before and after me. Overnight, everyone starts treating you differently, and perceives you differently.

I do have a thing for eating out; that's one of life's great middle-age pleasures.

I must admit, the constant invasion of privacy was becoming a real concern. Ive been asked for autographs while Ive been doing laps in the pool and even in the toilet!

Id been bumming around in bands since my school days.

You can't explain the feeling of singing hit songs to an audience - it's like being a genuine sports star at the peak of their powers.

Dont expect fame to come overnight. That filtered through to me in my own career. Look at Madonna: shes not the best singer in the world, but shes got where she has through hard work.

Scientology always makes me think of that movie 'V' where that woman takes off her mask of human flesh to reveal her true, alien self.

Until this moment, I had not realized that someone could break your heart twice, along the very same fault lines.

...I hardly ever see your profile, but have I told you it's beautiful? - like the soft gentle lines of snow...

The only gift is a portion of thyself.

A man is rational in proportion as his intelligence informs and controls his desires.

The worst thing you can become in life is cynical. Cynical is like concrete. and nothing grows in concrete.

If you don't have your game-face on, you're going to go home either to a hospital or to a casket.

Breathes there a man, whose judgment clear Can others teach their course to steer, Yet run himself life's mad career Wild as the wave?

I'm 12 years sober, so I don't have beer! When I used to drink I really liked Bass Ale!

The great man does not think beforehand of his words that they may be sincere, nor of his actions that they may be resolute- he simply speaks and does what is right.

I think you are the best you can be when you feel free, when you feel open. So I think keeping that mentality, keeping positive, is key.