Never ever lower yourself for money.

Mum is a perfectionist and Dad is a pedant and that was partly why their marriage didn't work so well, Elsa figures. Because a perfectionist and a pedant are two very different things.

I'm so patriotic, I think every British kid should have a chance to grow up to be our head of state.

Art is an expression of joy and awe. It is not an attempt to share one's virtues and accomplishments with the audience, but an act of selfless spirit.

But I think role models also start in the home with your parents.

I'd prefer 1,000 followers, friends, and fans that actually meant something, rather than 10 million that weren't engaged.

Children have neither past nor future - they rejoice in the present.

I make music, and if people like it, they like it, and some people won't.

I didn't expect us to be around after 25 years.

The gods gave man fire and he invented fire engines. They gave him love and he invented marriage.

It is not a sin to be happy, it is not a virtue to be miserable.