It'is like a book, I think, this bloomin' world.
I might take what I do very seriously, but at least I'm doing something, rather than sitting on my arse and being no-one.
People when they're growing up they just want to fit in, there are a lot of social pressures on young people today to kind of have it all figured out and know what they want to do, know who they are straight away and I've always tried to embrace that sense of pressure, but I've got people around me that do as well.
I think that's an interesting point of being a songwriter, is to write songs that make people think.
I wouldn't change any part of my life that I've lived up until now. I kind of believe in fate a little bit and I believe that whether it be good or bad, everything is happening for a reason regardless of how good or how terrible it is.
I've sacrificed lots of aspects of my personal life to do what I do.
People can get blinded by a sense of being comfortable or feeling secure, but that's quite a cynical point of view.
God pity the tortured hearts that will pant through this night! And the agony of the poor wife who has heard that her husband is really killed!
Faith is love taking the form of aspiration.
Whether our ancestors came here on the Mayflower, on slave ships, whether they came to Ellis Island or LAX in Los Angeles, whether they came yesterday or walked this land a thousand years ago our great challenge for the 21st century is to find a way to be One America. We can meet all the other challenges if we can go forward as One America.
Being a chef never seems like a job, it becomes a true passion.