“Making a Christmas album is looked upon by some people as the thing you do when you are heading towards retirement.”

“As a creative person, you just put something out into the consciousness of the society you live in.”

“I want to branch out. I want to write. I write poetry. I want to see my children grow up well.”

“When I look at the majority of my own songs they really came from my own sense of personal confusion or need to express some pain or beauty - they were coming from a universal and personal place.”

“Fear paralyses you - fear of flying, fear of the future, fear of leaving a rubbish marriage, fear of public speaking, or whatever it is.”

“Anita Roddick was amazing. Her presence in a room was full of light, and everything she worked to achieve still resonates now.”

“Dying is easy, it's living that scares me to death.”

“Making a Christmas album is looked upon by some people as the thing you do when you are heading towards retirement.”

“I mean, I'm 48 years old and I've been through a lot in my life - you know, loss, whether it be death, illness, separation. I mean, the failed expectations... We all have dreams.”

“Ask yourself: Have you been kind today? Make kindness your daily modus operandi and change your world.”

“There are two kinds of artists left: those who endorse Pepsi and those who simply won't.”