When people say, Your music was the music of the Seventies, I say, So was discoteque. The Seventies was also the highest peak of heavy metal. Pick a genre - they were all alive.

Also in Norah Jones, now there's a voice that sounds and I don't mean disrespect but sounds a hundred years old that sounds incredibly experienced. It's just an exciting time.

At the time, we thought it was a nice way to say something unique about the group to make us different from all the other bands kicking around in London.

The reward is every night. The 90 minutes is such a payoff for us every night; it makes it all worth it to us. The fans who come to the shows know how much we enjoy this.

The things I write are combinations of all of the people that have been influences to me.

Every decade has its ABBA; that's the proof that pop will always be around.

It's what everyone is after, I mean they want success and when they get it it's an incredible pressure but what you have to do is try to keep the big picture in view.

If anyone asks me about the George Martin years I usually say I group all of that stuff together as the single greatest experience but I wasn't scared I was just really looking forward to it.

I feel pretty confident in my own ability.

After sixty-one years together, she simply clutched my hand and exhaled.

No need to try to explain to others what's in your heart. Some things are just between you and God.

The lonlier your path is, the brighter your future will be.

When I'm at an event, I like to be an eccentric dresser. I will just keep wearing what I like.

I am doing something I hate for you. This is what it means to be in love.

You don't BOO an Olympic Gold Medalist!

Failure makes excuses. Success just keeps swinging the bat.

Nothing could moderate, in the bosom of the great English middle class, their passionate, absorbing, almost blood-thirsty clinging to life.

People can live without a Facebook account: my 13-year-old daughter has cancelled her account because it's not cool anymore.

You will fail many times but in failing you'll learn and in learning you'll find your way. Remember, there are no mistakes in life but only lessons, and lessons will keep on repeating until learned