Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
I was a child badminton wizard.
It's very addictive having a hit.
I've always been a huge fan of Beck.
The topography of L.A. is fascinating.
I'm a serial monogamist - I tend to dive in.
Skiing fast feels like complete freedom to me.
I really liked writing rhyming poems and plays.
I'm shocked at how much I can talk about myself.
I've always loved the idea of 'Guilty Pleasures.'
Criticism only hurts when there's some truth in it.
Everybody Sails alone, but we can travel side by side
I'd love to go to Easter Island, Hawaii, Iceland and Antarctica.
Let's face it - the electric guitar is way sexier than the acoustic.
I can play piano, classical flute, guitar, bass and I'm OK on drums.
I like that I have a boyish figure, because I love wearing men's suits.
Music for me has always been a vent and has always been a great outlet.
I had a job for a year, working in a high-quality whiskey-and-wine shop.
Touring can get really hard if you're not hitting some fashionable zeitgeist.
If I can be somewhere with sunshine and have bare feet and a book, I'm happy.
My father had Parkinson's, though he actually died following a bicycle accident.
I'm not really that comfortable, to be honest, singing about my darkest moments.
When I went to university I survived on jacket potatoes and pasta for three years.
My heart knows me better than I know myself, so I'm gonna let it do all the talking.
I guess if you make quality music then it has a longevity and it will find its place.
I've never been one to indulge in out and out depression when it comes to songwriting.
Most of my friends in London are musicians, but the ones in Scotland have proper jobs.
It's very important to me, who I play with and the same about picking a crew of people.
I was very into tribal techno and used to go and really lose myself in great dance music.
As long as we are graceful, appreciative lodgers, the earth remains healthy and wondrous.
I've never considered myself a locked-down straight person. I've had relationships with girls.
It's unacceptable to tour using non-environmentally friendly fuel when there are alternatives.
The only regular exercise I do is playing my shows, which are basically two hours of aerobics.
I always try to travel as light as possible. I feel really embarrassed having loads of luggage.
Politics for me is when I feel a personal engagement between people: I don't trust politicians.
I get so frustrated with all these so-called singer-songwriters coming out and they don't write!
I've got my roots in Northern Ireland - my biological father's side of the family were from Belfast.
Life is about embracing the things that make you different, which is often an uncomfortable thing to do.
I joined a drama group when I was eight. It was the first time I'd made the connection with an audience.
I follow the Bulletproof diet - it is based on grass-fed steak, vegetables, no carbs and a lot of butter.
When you're in the city, all you see is people. It gets more competitive, people become more introverted.
I would never pigeon hole myself stylistically because I just don't know what I am going to want to do next.
I grew up knowing I could have had a million different lives. It makes your life mysterious and your imagination go wild.
Venice Beach is incredibly quiet at night: no streetlights, no traffic, hummingbirds in the garden, palm trees everywhere.
I think it was Dad who gave me my nickname 'Katy Custard,' recognising my deep, positive and lasting relationship with it.
The only thing I know about being Asian is that my hair is black and my eyelashes are straight and I have strange eyebrows.
I didn't find fame particularly difficult, partly because I'm proud to be able to say I'm the most unrecognisable face in pop.
The annual output of carbon emissions is 25 billion tonnes and Global Cool's goal is to reduce it by one billion tonnes a year.
I lived in L.A. for a year when I was four - my dad was doing a sabbatical at UCLA - so it always remained quite a familiar place.
In Scotland, Dad grew courgettes which were the size of my leg. I'd step into the garden and it was like 'The Day of the Triffids.'
I believe that the Universe is like a single organism, and we are all little nerve endings feeding our experiences back into a whole.