What am I singing? A song of seeds The food of love. Eat the music..

I love words, I think they're fascinating and incredibly wonderful things and part of the joy of my work is that I not only get to work with music bu….

With some of the songs, we brought the pitch down to alto.I'm older, so naturally my voice is lower now..

[Theresa May] is very sensible and I think that's a good thing at this point in time..

All we're ever looking for is another open door..

I will say it is great to have a woman in charge of the country..

The thing with 50 Words of Snow is that it was literally back-to-back from Director's Cut [also released in 2011]. It was more or less that I got to ….

You have to try and embrace it all and everyone who represents that change because it is happening..

After I've done the salesman bit, I like to be quiet and retreat, because that's whereI write from. I'm a sort of quiet little person..

I don't think it's a very nice idea [making biopic] at all. I don't think my life is that interesting..

I have intentions as a writer, but people - when they're listening to a track - will take from it what they interpret..

It wasn't that we were afraid of the Church or the Vatican. The record company thought people might find the title offensive. They asked me if I woul….

Sometimes people mishear my lyrics and think a song's about something it isn't..

When I was singing "King of the Mountain," it was a pivotal point in the show. That's the song that took us from this concert setting of individual s….

I suppose my biggest concern would be if the planet is going to be in good enough shape for the next generation to have the privileges that we've had..

I do think I go out of my way to be a very normal person and I just find it frustrating that people think that I'm some kind of weirdo reclusive that….

It's very unfortunate that war has always been and probably always will be a part of human beings on this planet. It's a terrible thing..

I haven't actually seen a Lady Gaga tour, but I do think she's very good..