Without a piano I don't know how to stand, don't know what to do with my hands.

I'm not melancholy; I'm a happy-go-lucky person, kind of silly. I like funny things. I have a lot of energy. I tend to like music that's mellow, though.

When something's ending, you go through so many phases, and it can be frustrating. But once you're out on the other side, it's like you can really see all the crazy phases you went through.

I became a musician so I wouldn't have to get up at 6 in the morning.

I'm not planning to jump off a bridge with no bungee.

All is fair in love and songwriting.

Don't go chasing after butterflies, when everything you want is right by your side.

If I make a record I love, then somebody will like it. Maybe not everybody, but that won't matter.

I think it's important for people who love music to retain physical CDs or even vinyl, because it sounds so great and so much warmer than music over the internet.

Nobody can tell you you're wrong for writing a song about how you feel - even if you don't really feel that way.

I love my dad and we have a very good relationship now.

Explosions and fighting robots and shit. What’s that got to do with the heart?

It is a high spiritual truth that we create with our judgements.

The greatest gift God has given me is the capacity of love for people. I have so many faults, but caring about people is not one of them.

Tattoos tell stories of crime and passion, punishment and regret. They express an outlaw, antiauthoritarian point of view and communicate a romantic solidarity among society's outcasts.

What more powerful form of study of mankind could there be than to read our own instruction book?

A lot of people play single to work some angle. I'm always about keeping it real. If that's how I'm living, that's how I'm living.

We can only use British actors because everybody's got to talk exactly the same.

I've known Alan Zweibel since 1975, and I've always had this sneaking suspicion that he might possess a sense of humor. After reading CLOTHING OPTIONAL, I'm almost sure he does.

Even as I speak, in four hours time the Kyalami Grand Prix will roar away

Grant stood by me when I was crazy.