“With someone like Charlie Mingus, there is a counterweight between mel...” — Melody Gardot Quote

“With someone like Charlie Mingus, there is a counterweight between melody and raucousness. He is still very melodic even though is tearing apart the seam-work of sound.”

“I find that most of the people I work with had illnesses as children or were extraordinarily shy.”

“If anyone can learn anything, they can learn how to appreciate silence and stop every now and then.”

“From a public perspective, the Grand National is the biggest race of all, and not to have won it yet is definitely a failure. But there's been a lot of jockeys every bit as good and better than me that haven't won it - John Francome, Peter Scudamore, Jonjo O'Neill, Charlie Swan, to name a few.”

“Heather knows why and when her marriage ended with Richie and she knows why my marriage ended with Charlie.”

“Charlie Brooker is crazy.”