I think that fame only goes to your head if you are not a real artist. If you are a real artist and a good person who loves what they are doing, you are going to be the same person.

Any kind of restrictions put on free speech would have worse consequences than bullying.

As a unique person, I was bullied badly as a teen.

If everything is the same, nothing is special.

I spent two years living in London - I'd have stayed for ever if I could have got a work visa. It was there I started collecting vinyl and fell in love with the sounds of the 1970s.

Anyone who ever spoke to me would know I would never say the words 'get hitched' nxt time do ur research.

Ego is recessive in wisdom.

If it isn't one blessing, it's another!

I could still box your ears.”“Nonsense, ” he scoffed. “You couldn’t reach that high.

In the end, after kingdoms and armies had fallen, the religions were still fighting, weren't they?

Thom Browne, Michael Bastian... all these people that I love, when I finally get to meet them, I'm like, 'You're a cool guy!'

That's the key to success, isn't it? It has to be fun.

On daughter Apple's accent: She says Mummy instead of Mommy, I don't mind that. I will if she starts saying basil and pasta the English way, as that really drives me nuts.

I have always been a sucker for ballads, but you have to be careful these days, you can't overload people.

Praying in tongues charges your spirit like a battery charger charges a battery.

It seems that writing chose me. I feel that because I know history, and I know the history of so many cultures; I have lived a large life.