The sum and substance of female education in America, as in England, is training women to consider marriage as the sole object in life, and to pretend that they do not think so.

Pink Floyd is like a marriage that’s on a permanent trial separation.

It’s the best marriage of songs and production. But I have to say, I have an affinity for Bossanova.

The most important thing for a good marriage is to learn how to argue peaceably.

I grew up in a Hindu household but went to a Roman Catholic school. I grew up with a mother who said, ‘I’ll arrange a marriage for you at 18,’ but she also said that we could achieve anything we put our minds to an encourage us to dream of becoming prime minister or president.

The great secret of a successful marriage is to treat all disasters as incidents and none of the incidents as disasters.

I’ve done an informal, anecdotal survey about marriage, and I’ve found no evidence that it brings happiness.

Culture and tradition have to change little by little. So ‘new’ means a little twist, a marriage of Japanese technique with French ingredients. My technique. Indian food, Korean food I put Italian mozzarella cheese with sashimi. I don’t think ‘new new new.’ I’m not a genius. A little twist.

A band is not a marriage. There are no oaths of allegiance. If you feel your life will be better served by splitting up the group, you’ve got to do it – but of course it does cause problems.