My parents have a wonderful marriage, for many years. But I can't commit myself for such a long time.

Real talent will get through whatever the obstacles.

My life is so full of surprises, nothing surprises me any more.

When I was 15, I was naive, looked like a grey mouse and felt second choice.

I don't take myself seriously any more. Sometimes I just garden in my knickers and platform shoes.

Performing, I can take it or leave it. Horticulture is far more challenging. I'm absolutely fascinated by it.

My father has taught me all the tricks of the boys at an early age, which has made me very careful.

Dad is my best mate and I can tell Mum absolutely anything. I really appreciate Mum and Dad. Why are we so close? Young parents, I think. The rock business keeps their minds young.

When you're together with someone for some time, you will automatically depend on them as if they were a crutch. And then it ends.

I don't mind being laughed at: that's something I really don't mind, and I think that's kept me sane. My ability to laugh at myself and allow others to laugh at me has been my saving grace.

The record company really pissed me off when they told me to lose weight. I couldn't be bothered with looking a certain way. So I left the business. I don't regret it.

Their courtship unfolded in two settings, a Russian reality overlaid with New York memories

You are someone worth loving

It was never decreed that a god mustn't pay hotel bills.

The Universe contains three things that cannot be destroyed; Being, Awareness and LOVE

When we first met and loved, I did not build Upon the event with marble. . . .

Abandon the idea that you are ever going to finish.

I've got a farm in Somerset, and I think it's God's own country. I love it.

I think we don't do a service to dialogue between science and faith to characterize sincere people by calling them names. That inspires an even more dug-in position.

I'm going to wait til the midnight hour, that's when my love begins to shine.

Decadence attracts me. It suggests a new world, and, for me, society's struggle between life and death is absolutely beautiful.