I always find the idea of Britishness a bit of a boring old concept, to be honest. That world of Britishness always comes off a bit twee and only about cream teas and that sort of things.
When you hear composer, you think, like, Beethoven: guy in a powdered wig, at a piano, furiously scribbling on manuscript paper. That's not the only image that a composer should bring up, you know. But that's kind of what we've said it is.
For the longest time, people would say to me that I didn't feel very modern, that I seemed from another time.
If I am a sex symbol, it's certainly not in the classic sense. I'm opposed to the traditional image of a woman's role.
There's this idea supposedly that we preachers are supposed to walk about with sandals and ride bicycles. That's nonsense.
By the way, Santa just is white.
Whoever saw an angel barefooted?
Minor magicians take pains to fit this traditional wizardly bill. By contrast, the really powerful magicians take pleasure in looking like accountants.
