"When I was growing up and listening to bands like the Dave Clark Five, the groove was what initially got me going. I really like that funky, heavy groove."

"I just consider myself slightly left-of-center. I'm not your average bear. I - what's the word? I'm not - normal."

"I have selective hearing."

"Obviously you have to have rhythm. If you have rhythm, then you can play anything you need. If you have rhythm and you love music, then play and play and play until you get to where you want to get. If you can pay the rent, great. If you can't, then you'd better be having fun."

"My dad was a militant atheist, or is a militant atheist. My mum was sort of bought up in a religious family because she was a Protestant from Ireland but wasn't especially religious."

"My mother taught me about the power of inspiration and courage, and she did it with a strength and a passion that I wish could be bottled."

"The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart."

"The virtue of privacy is one that must be protected in matters that are intimate and within one's own family."