I just never really thought of not being involved, because when I write the songs I take them to a certain place and by that point I kinda know what I want them to sound like.

What ever your doing right now, whatever your thinking, or worrying about. stop. take a huge breathe in, and just enjoy being alive.

I have always liked clothes and fashion. And really, being a British male, I am automatically the best dressed person in any room - especially in America.

Throughout my entire life, I constantly tried to fight normality. I hate it. I hate the idea of it. I hate routine. I hate anything that feels remotely regular or right.

Songs are about just being totally honest and putting those words to music.

I don't think competition is good in music. What is good, is the desire and the ambition to create your best work.

I really want to come back! I definitely want to come back. Some of my fondest memories are in New Zealand.

You don't have to be as good a writer to write a song; it's a very different process to writing straight prose. To learn how to write prose takes a lot of years of practice.

I love the band Haim. I would love to do something with them.

The sound is very much always in my head, I have to get the sound out of my head onto the recording.

I think particularly in music, popularity os a very fickle thing. You're only as good as your last song.

Your brand is the value and magic that's not in your bottle, body or box. It's the inspiration, incense, intent and impact before, within and beyond.

When a man wants to have an alehouse meltdown, the worst thing you can do is stand in his way

It is the encounters with people that make life worth living.

Human evolution relies on cooperation, which is why identity politics feels so backward.

Chanel, General De Gaulle and Picasso are the three most important figures of our time.

The favorite method of vice is to diss all responsibility be work or social, go off by myself, and enjoy a good steak and a great glass of wine. Oh yeah, and my kids are there too.

Own nothing, control everything.

But I want to tell my stories, more than that, I have to in order to stay sane.

Before you ever receive the wonderful treasures of a happy life, you must first give. Give of yourself. Be of service to others. Only what you give can be multiplied back into your own life.

The door can never be closed for good to any player.