I don't know much about auctions. I sometimes go to previews and see art sardined into ugly rooms. I've gawked at the gaudy prices and gaped at well-clad crowds of happy white people conspicuously spending hundreds of millions of dollars.

I can't bear art that you can walk round and admire. A book should be either a bandit or a rebel or a man in the crowd.

It's so amazing to hear a crowd of people singing one of your songs. It's the best feeling.

When I performed at 'Open Mic U.K.' I had this connection with the audience that I'd never felt before and I loved it. It was my first big thing and looking out into the crowd... was just amazing.

It's amazing when you're playing to a crowd who barely understands English but they're singing parts of your song back to you.

When I look into the crowd I see young and old black and white - it's amazing that I'm able to connect with so many different kinds of people.

Solitude is strength to depend on the presence of the crowd is weakness. The man who needs a mob to nerve him is much more alone than he imagines.

When you're surrounded by all these people it can be even lonelier than when you're by yourself. You can be in a huge crowd but if you don't feel like you can trust anybody or talk to anybody you feel like you're really alone.

One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name.