"I learned to change my accent in England, your accent identifies you very strongly with a class, and I did not want to be held back."

"I've spent a bit of time with the Prince of Wales, who I respect greatly. I'd give two cheers for the Monarchy."

"I want to get old gracefully. I want to have good posture, I want to be healthy and be an example to my children."

"I was famous overnight. I went from nowhere to being really big."

"How do you make any sense of history, art or literature without knowing the stories and iconography of your own culture and all the world's main religions?"

"Music has always been a part of me and art in general. I love visual art as well."

"Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty."

"Certain kinds of speed, flow, intensity, density of attacks, density of interaction... Music that concentrates on those qualities is, I think, easier achieved by free improvisation between people sharing a common attitude, a common language."