I like it here in New York. I like the idea of having to keep eyes in the back of your head all the time.

Time plays a role in almost every decision. And some decisions define your attitude about time.

The only reason we wore sunglasses onstage was because we couldn't stand the sight of the audience.

The avant-garde makes more sense to me.

If you're all loaded up on love, you haven't got anywhere else to go.

I missed out on my teenage years. I led a sheltered life. I was practicing scales instead of going out there and playing football.

If I'm interested in what I'm doing, other people will be interested in it.

What I enjoy most about being on stage is that the natural instruments give you a greater freedom with texture. When you use natural instruments they have their own resonance.

I want to get lean and mean, keep it minimalist.

Everyone should be encouraged...in spiration and artistic freedom is the cornerstone of rock and roll.

I learn from thinking about the future, what hasn't been done yet. That's kind of my constant obsession.

It is real hard work that will release your potential,

Jason hated being an old man.

Too much of anything could destroy you, Simon thought. Too much darkness could kill, but too much light could blind.

no one is as they seem, and most of life, apart from honest betrayal, is lies and deceit. And the day we discover we are no different is the day we no longer want to live.

You're not alone, there is more to this I know. You can make it out, you will live to tell.

I like to borrow forms and quotes and use a lot of allusions, in both poetry and music.

Sadly, I haven't been doing a lot of kissing lately.

If you want learning, you must work for it.

All creative people have to have vulnerability because those nuances are what move people. So I'm deeply insecure - but I'm good at hiding it.

Praying solves the problems of prayer.