A Conservative government is necessary. There is no credible alternative.

I'm not a religious person but I do like the idea of Sunday as a day set apart from the rest of the week. It's nice to have a period of reflection and have time to think about things.

The things in my songs are the edited highlights of my life. I don't go seeking out strange sexual experiences every day of the week.

Its OK to grow up, just as long as you don't grow old. Face it you are young.

I'm always amazed by people who blog all the time and tweet all the time, and still get things done. I don't know how they do it.

I don't really care what someone's background is; creativity can come from any background.

We've always been a bit out of touch with reality.

You don't often hear people say, 'Oh, since he's been taking them drugs, he's such a nice person! He's really come out of his shell, he's really nice, he's blossomed'.

I appreciate people who try and use language in an interesting way.

It's good that I managed to hoodwink so many people. I am actually not that nice a person.

Part of why I started a band was due to feelings of shyness and social ineptitude. I saw it as some way of being able to interact with people from a safe distance.

Shelving books incorrectly is as good as stealing them. It's almost worse.

It requires a deliberate mental effort to turn biology the right way up again, and remind ourselves that the replicators come first, in importance as well as in history.

Brave men rejoice in adversity just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

I actually feel awkward being at the center of attention.

I don't know who you're referring to exactly who said, 'What has Iraq done to us?'

How sad, that the group with the most access to the truth chose in several strategic instances to look the other way.

All love is betrayal, in that it flatters life. The loveless man is best armed.

It was the way she felt when she looked at the stars.

I am not an economist. I am an honest man!

Dare to grow into your dreams and claim this as your motto: Let it be me.