Lots of people say it's the song. For me, it's not always the song - there's something bigger: the spirit of an artist.

Men are shallow - we don't remember things like women do. Or we don't bring it up and blurt it out at inappropriate moments. When bridges are trying to be built, we don't detonate them.

There is very little genuine rock and roll out there at the moment - but Steve Conte has hit the nail on the head with this one!

I couldn't turn down The Rolling Stones. A real man would never turn down the chance of working with legends like them.

I really need to push myself and try my hardest every time, because I come from the premise that I'm not very good and I have to give my best. Otherwise, I don't deliver.

I can't make two records at the same time. Whatever I do, I have to concentrate on and put everything in, because if I don't, I'm just not good.

My personality is very good for nurturing. I'm very empathetic to my artists. You speak to anyone who's worked with me and they'll say, "Oh yeah, Steve's great. He doesn't have the ego."

For me, the singer is actually the most important element. When I work with someone, it all comes down to whether I like the singer or not.

I am not a rock producer. I don't see that. I once turned down Guns N' Roses. I don't like shouting. I'm a melody guy. I love great melody.

I am completely serious. When I decide to do something, I decide to really do it.

I do believe in art and commerce coming together.

The past wasn’t a guest you could ask to leave when you tired of its company. No, the past put up its feet and meant to stay.

Certainly nothing is unnatural that is not physically impossible.

Yearn for the opposite, to buck the trend, to be different.

I never wanted to be prominent enough to have enemies.

Diving is a leap of faith plus gravity.

I strongly hold that, if an idea fits with common sense, then scientifically it is almost certain to be false.

I'm the only comedian qualified to navigate a supertanker.

History has been written not by the most talented but by the most motivated.

I'm really out of touch with myself emotionally. I've always had a hard time talking about how I feel.

For instead of trying to reproduce exactly what I see before me, I make more arbitrary use of colour to express myself more forcefully.