Bob Geldof, because he changed the perception of what people should do when they see a situation of need.

I find most children quite inspiring.

Annie Lennox - she's a private woman with integrity.

Vicky, qué pregunta más difícil (risas). Voy a hablarle de los casos que nos han inspirado, como Charles Feeney, cofundador de los Duty Free Shop en los aeropuertos. Él hizo eso en los años ochenta. Se volvió uno de los hombres más ricos del mundo cuando vendió su compañía e inmediatamente se dedicó a la filantropía y gastó todo su dinero en metas sociales.

My father, with whom I had a complex relationship: often, when I was young, his desire to protect me clashed with the stubbornness of my choices.

As a young man I had a car accident on a foggy night that left the vehicle looking like a squashed box, even though, by some miracle, I walked away unscathed.

Lack of humility, the absence of goodness.

A singer. I wanted to live off music ever since I was a child – a wish that came true when I was over 35 years old.

I fear the arrogance we are all at risk of, the pride that pushes us to put “I” in place of “God”. More prosaically, I fear physical pain because it risks stripping us of our dignity.

Earthly life is merely the infancy of our soul. What comes after physical death is, I imagine, like returning home.