When I find a cover song that I like, I'll work away at it until I kind of believe that I wrote it.

If anyone comes along, I'm more than happy to welcome them, but I'm not interested in world domination.

The world is full of musicians who can play great, and you wouldn't cross the road to see them. It's people who have this indefinable attitude that are the good ones.

What's so funny about peace, love, and understanding?

Going to Nashville to meet the in-laws was the first time when I'd been in America and not been seen as some sort of eccentric character with a cute accent.

I like being a big fish in a small pond. I'm not interested in a huge audience because it brings headaches.

I loved Christmas. We had a really great time. But there wasn't - it was all - you had to be happy with, you know, an orange and a couple of walnuts, you know, in your stocking.

The number of contemporary artists who appeal to me is infinitesimal.

Elvis Costello had a brand new bag. He was a musician, but he knew all about the attitude part of it.

As long as my body holds out, I'll be grooving when I'm 70, and not some sort of horrible spectacle.

Be a military flier or be in a band; those were the two hippest things I could imagine.

What God has for you, is for you. We can move forward with peace and confidence in that.

Sometimes,because we use the same words,we assume we mean the same thing

People come to music to seek oblivion: is that not also a form of deception?

I was seen dancing at school by a director, who asked me to be in a TV play. And it had a huge impact. So I think thats what really started me off.

If you're afraid of something, you definitely have to try to tackle it.

Hitler at the end thought that he himself was one more casualty in the war.

That which one fears becomes one's master.

And what he meant was that maths wasn't like life because in life there are no straightforward answers in the end

Champions have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.

Every footballer wants to play forever. And if you are going to keep on playing - to enjoy it to the full - you want to win games, and as a result, trophies.