"Too much truth is uncouth."

"Middle age occurs when you are too young to take up golf and too old to rush up to the net."

"The true republic: men, their rights and nothing more women, their rights and nothing less."

"There must be a day or two in a man's life when he is the precise age for something important."

"When friends asked me, Can we help? I'd say, Not unless you can alter time, speed up the harvest or teleport me off this rock. I used that line from Star Wars."

"With 'Believe' bringing really big success for me outside of the U.K. for the first time, it meant I have been touring around the world and that led to a gap from the studio. I really feel like the gap has done me the world of good. Throughout that time I was able to collect songs that I really loved."

"It's unfortunate nine years were in between - you can't take that time back; you can't undo it."

"Not managing your time and making excuses are two bad habits. Don't put them both together by claiming you 'don't have the time'."