Beauty, like truth, is relative to the time when one lives and to the individual who can grasp it.
Amateurs look for inspiration; the rest of us just get up and go to work.
I know that Kelly Clarkson is going to continue to have an important career. And I believe it will be a lasting one.
Most days, I practice piano in the mornings and I spend the rest of the day painting.
It is only the young and callow and ignorant that admire rashness. Think before you speak. Know your subject.
To throw a shoe at a man in Dundee is the equivalent of a kiss on the cheek and an embrace in London. Dundee is a very different place; they have their own rules.
We partied with the royal rich people, and we felt like rock stars. We drank all the whiskey in the place.
I listen to Radio 4 and put the iPod on shuffle. I like the randomness of, say, the Stones, then something from Nina Simone, Nick Drake or Bob Dylan.
I never had long hair before I got busted. I never had a beard before I got busted.
Remorse for what? You people have done everything in the world to me. Doesn't that give me equal right?
We rely more on enthusiasm than actual skill. Whatever you do, do it enthusiastically and people will like it more.
I've had tinnitus for about ten years, and since I started protecting my ears it hasn't got any worse - touch wood.
Economically, unfair trade will benefit nobody in the long run, as poorer countries will be bled totally dry and will become unable to produce anything.
Maybe it's because I'm English, but in terms of how people perceive us I only pick up on the negative side of it.
I had piano lessons when I was younger, but I quit because I didn't want to sit and learn the scales.
I want to be the first Conor Maynard. I think I want to have a successful career that is unique in its own way.
The studio is a laboratory, not a factory. An exhibition is the result of your experiments, but the process is never-ending. So an exhibition is not a conclusion.
I started to hate fame, I didn't want to go out, because I didn't want to be recognised for what I was being recognised for.
I decided on the spot that I would be an artist, and I assure you, it was no ordinary artist I had in mind.
There are people we look up to, like Lady Gaga and what she's built. She's not afraid to own who she is.
It's fun to be an actor and dress up, but I'm happy being me and just loving accepting my personal style.
