"Never give up, never slow down, never grow old and never ever die young."

"Being on a boat that's moving through the water, it's so clear. Everything falls into place in terms of what's important and what's not."

"If I were to try to identify a turning point I'd say that was it - getting clean."

"It is a process of discovery. It's being quiet enough and undisturbed enough for a period of time so that the songs can begin to sort of peek out, and you begin to have emotional experiences in a musical way."

"I don't read music. I don't write it. So I wander around on the guitar until something starts to present itself."

"You have to choose whether to love yourself or not."

"Whenever I see your smiling face, I have to smile myself, because I love you, yes I do."

"Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground"

"The Beatles were a phenomenon, but they were also ordinary blokes like anyone else. I was lucky enough to see that side."