“Every child is going to grow up. You can see it happen in the books: T...” — Jock Sturges Quote

Every child is going to grow up. You can see it happen in the books: They get older and older and belong to themselves to a greater and greater extent.

That dichotomy between the public consumption of the work and my intent and practice in making it is an uneasy one for me, on occasion.

There's no particular evidence that any of the lower mammals or any of the other animals have any interest in aesthetics at all. But Homo sapiens does, always has and always will.

I didn't think there was anything more or less obscene about any part of the body. Now, I recognize that there are certain postures and angles that make people see red, which are evidence of original sin or something, and I avoid that.

When a show starts out, you're immediately trying to identify your goodies and baddies, and trying to place people in your mind where you think they belong.

After I scored my first goal for England, against Switzerland, when I turned up for the next game, against Denmark, that was the first time I thought, 'I belong here now.'

As a singer, I've been criticized for sounding feminine. They say I don't belong in any category, male or female, pop or jazz. But early on, I saw my suffering as my salvation.

Whether you're in year one or you're in year 12, every day you've got to show up with a willingness to compete and to prove that you belong there and a willingness to get better and listen to coaching.