I suppose my father was more influential in my starting to play the guitar.

It's very schizophrenic because I like a lot of very straight pop, like Small Faces, Stones, Kinks; and on the other hand, I like a lot of avant garde things.

You may leave school, but it never leaves you.

We do this for the art, not the adulation. I'd rather our music get liked and we get ignored. I don't want to be adored for anything other than the music.

I felt pressured by continuous touring.

It's sort of what jazz would be if it stopped being snobby and what rock would be if it stopped being stupid.

The early gigs were pretty panicky - and great, sweaty fun. We were brand new to most people, and they were willing to take anything brand new, for the first time in years.

For a heart without love is a song with no words And a tune to which no one is listening So your heart must give love and you'll find that You shine like rain on the leaves you'll be glistening.

People will always be tempted to wipe their feet on anything with 'welcome' written on it.

My parents, especially my mother, were no influence on me whatsoever.

Anyway, I collapsed in France in the middle of a tour. I hadn't been eating properly, I was getting very phobic about audiences, and I collapsed in pure fright.

Where there is insistence, there is tenacity and where there is tenacity, there is anguish.

It's not the end if you're too shy to say 'I love you.' It's only the beginning

‎All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.

Remember, if Christmas isn't found in your heart, you won't find it under a tree.

Since my feet are now fast and point away from the past, I'll bid farewell and be down the line.

One player's selfish attitude can poison a locker room and make it hard, if not impossible, to establish team work

I think the facts reveal that the European partners have taken extraordinary measures to help Greece address its problems.

Without an unreserved surrender to His grace, complete mastery over thoughts is impossible.

I think the idea of getting out of a traffic jam and getting out of work each week and going and doing all this stuff would be really exhausting.

My true-love hath my heart, and I have his, By just exchange, one for the other given; I hold his dear, and mine he cannot miss, There never was a better bargain driven.