Women are great bullsh*t detectors. They know when it's not real.

Everyone loves a good singsong, so we all do a bit of karaoke or something.

Music has always been there for me and is what's helped me through everything. It's like my solace.

I'm quite a romantic person - everyone loves being treated a little bit special, no matter how hard you are on the surface. I live in movie land; my head is full of nonsense.

Songwriters tend to make records instead of talking to people.

There is nothing better for me than to bring the bells in, in Scotland.

I can have a whole year off. I'm really lucky because I'm my own boss, so I make the rules and get to choose when I take time off.

I bought a dress a few years ago for £2,500. It was outrageous and not the kind of money you want to be spending. I had a mad moment that day.

If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner. -Nelson Mandela, activist, South African president, Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1918)

Husbands come and go; children come and eventually they go. Friends grow up and move away. But the one thing that's never lost is your sister.

When you're going with a huge dramatic disaster film, try to keep the narrative as simple as possible.

We have even done a weekend on Japanese grammar! Not that I know anything about Japanese grammar, but it was Kaz's idea, and it was a bit of an adventure, to say the least.

I can write absolutely anywhere. All I need is a laptop.

God created man to work for his food and said that those who ate without work were thieves.

I wanted to be a poet and/or an artist, but I was very lazy (frightened of failure, I guess) and drank too much.

Success brings with it the fear of blowing it. With more to lose, there's more pressure not to lose it.

Most people have music in the center of their lives. I believe my work sheds light on how music affects us and why it is so influential.

Best friends are people you know you don't need to talk to every single day. You don't even need to talk to each other for weeks, but when you do, it's like you never stopped talking.