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The thing I like about astronomy is being outside at night and seeing the stars in a dark sky. It makes you feel small.

I think it enriches you as a scientist to be able to see things in an artistic perspective and as an artist to see things in a scientific perspective.

It is good to have an intellectual awareness of our dependence upon God - to understand how great He is and how very small we are in His sight.

One of the things your unconscious mind does for you - and it's a great gift - is it gives you extra courage to view the outer world and it does that by giving you an extra-special view of yourself.

If you're religious, it gives you a perspective.

When you use your faith, it gives you energy. It gives you the ability to be able to see beyond where you are right now and see into the future.

I'm a spiritual person and a religious person. But for me, it's all a personal thing. I'm not someone who'll say, 'This is what I believe, and you should too!' It's more of an internal, quiet, grounded, fulfilling thing for me.

I'm in awe of the universe, but I don't necessarily believe there's an intelligence or agent behind it. I do have a passion for the visual in religious rituals, though, even though they may be completely empty and bereft of substance. The incense is powerful and provocative, whether Buddhist or Catholic.

The religious lifestyle keeps you focused. It's helpful when trying to manoeuvre through the music scene.

When I have a terrible need of - shall I say the word - religion. Then I go out and paint the stars.