So I think rather than being attracted so much now to working with my heroes, I'm sort of more attracted to working with completely unlikely strangers because it's more exciting really.

It took me a long time, but I don't feel as anxious about stupid things anymore - or perhaps they've just been replaced by more complicated stupid things.

I try to put myself into unusual and difficult situations as often as I can in order to capture the element of struggle in the music.

Praise will come to those whose kindness leaves you without debt.

Our motto is whenever you make a mistake, do it twice.

Songwriting is a mystery. And it's a mystery to me that it's a mystery. But that sounds stupid.

I'm a lifer, yeah... I can honestly say I'm a lifer.

What was stolen must be returned

We used to say that he who threw the biggest tantrum won the day.

I love being in the studio.

The books we love, they love us back. And just as we mark our places in the pages, those pages leave their marks on us.

Great literature makes a great life.

Great Britain has lost an empire and has not yet found a role.

Sympathy is the first condition of criticism.

I never put a price on a child

Looking about I see no cherry blossoms And no crimson leaves A straw-thatched hut by a bay In the autumn dusk.

The image gets built one way or another... it doesn't get done by following the natural order of things, but arises instead from an order that you have in your mind.

I've had more than a few battles with a Republican president. ... I am not immune [to] disagreeing with people who otherwise I support.

When you go into court you are putting your fate into the hands of twelve people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty.

None but the ignorant can be bored by life. To the lovers of learning, life is pure adventure shared with adventurers.