I'm an instant star. Just add water and stir.

I had to resign myself, many years ago, that I'm not too articulate when it comes to explaining how I feel about things. But my music does it for me, it really does.

There, in the chords and melodies, is everything I want to say. The words just jolly it along. It's always been my way of expressing what, for me, is inexpressible by any other means.

When I'm stuck for a closing to a lyric, I will drag out my last resort: overwhelming illogic.

Even though I was very shy, I found I could get onstage if I had a new identity.

The truth is of course is that there is no journey. We are arriving and departing all at the same time.

I always had a repulsive need to be something more than human.

And I saw the sax line-up that he had behind him and I thought, I'm going to learn the saxophone. When I grow up, I'm going to play in his band. So I sort of persuaded my dad to get me a kind of a plastic saxophone on the hire purchase plan.

But I'm pretty good with collaborative thinking. I work well with other people.