The music is mine. Theres nothing to hide behind. Thats where you see the real person.

I walked past Noel Gallagher on the street once and everyone was like, "Go speak to him! He's one of your heroes!" I thought I'd leave him. I don't know what I'd say to him.

When you write a song, there's no point keeping it to yourself.

I think drama school really teaches you how to annunciate; you're conscious that people might not understand you if you speak too fast and too Welsh.

I’m still secretly a bit of a punk. Love The Clash and a bit of the Pistols. I guess as I’ve got older I’ve chilled out a bit. But, my teenage angst is still stirring somewhere!

It's a weird thing with accents. When I go home it gets a lot stronger, when I've had a few beers it gets a lot stronger.

When you're doing the same scene over and over, all day long, you need to keep your levels up for your own performance and for the other actors.

I was a huge Radiohead fan growing up.

I just want my music to be put out there, not shoved in peoples faces. I want to keep it relaxed.

I have no ambitions to be a pop star.

There was so much great music around in the 60s, stuff like The Small Faces, but I also love The Jam.

Of my conception I know only what you know of yours. It occurred in darkness and I was unconsenting... By some bleak alchemy what had been mere unbeing becomes death when life is mingled with it.

Until the ego dissolves or evolves to become one with our true self, we remain slaves of our own egos.

Over intellect will make you a genius, over emotions will make you a lunatic.

My mind can be ugly. But when I read something of mine that I think is beautiful, I'm reminded mind can be beautiful too.

Comes down to your training, your heart, your mind, your soul, and who wants it more.

I would never ever condone any violence of any kind. But in the theater of fiction, blood is delightful.

I'm always stunned when I find out people like Roosevelt and Tolstoy weren't Jewish. How could I love them so much?

Love is a verb. Love – the feeling – is the fruit of love, the verb. So love her. Sacrifice. Listen to her. Empathize. Appreciate. Affirm her.

Donald Trump has opened [ politically correct enforcement] up wide. He's made a very bold statement and he's backed it back just a little bit when he said it is temporary.

I'm a perfectionist. Sometimes I have to remind myself that it's okay if there are flaws here and there.