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Quotes by Musician


"I travel the garden of music, thru inspiration. It's a large, very large garden, seen?"

"Often there's a BA crew, because half the time we stay at the same hotels, especially in Australia. I can remember spending quite a lot of time with crews around the pool there. They always make themselves known to us."
Time,

"I grew up in an era where an orchestra was like a treasure chest."

"I'm still more comfortable with standards than with my own songs."

"One was never taught how to begin at drama school. But all it required was one intake of breath."

"It seems to be that southern Europeans are just more intimate socially, whereas I like a lot of personal space - like, a mile from the nearest person is fine for me."

"I don't want to be nasty but let's just say Robbie Williams is no Freddie Mercury."

"Part of the charm of what I do is the fact that it's completely unrelated to everything that came before."

"I'm a pretty big P.J. Harvey record fan and you can really hear New York in his record."

"These tapes have been found, which were taken from the desk and various bootlegs. At the time we never got to hear them, they didn't seem to be available or they just got put to one side."
Time,

"I spent many a summer early morning with the radio very low, half sleeping and half listening."

"I want to inspire people. I want someone to look at me and say, 'Because of you, I didn't give up.'"

"God is like the sun. When the sun shines, it shines for everyone. God is for everyone."

"But more importantly, I think he remembered how very close I was with my own dad, who had died in 1997."

"When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,' you just scream."
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