At age 11 in 1960, I moved to an academic state secondary school, Harrow County Grammar School for Boys.

I was never very good at exams, having a poor memory and finding the examination process rather artificial, and there never seemed to be enough time to follow up things that really interested me.

I was by far the youngest of the family, and at times it was like being an only child.

I think it was this curiosity about the natural world which awoke my early interest in science.

My parents were neither wealthy nor academic, but we lived comfortably and they were always extremely supportive of my academic efforts and aspirations, both at school and university.

Scientific understanding is often beautiful, a profoundly aesthetic experience which gives pleasure not unlike the reading of a great poem.

This possibility bothered me as I thought it was not advisable to remain in one academic environment, and the long dark winters in Edinburgh could be rather dismal.

I am still a keen mountain walker and an enthusiastic glider pilot.

During the winter my attention was attracted to the changes in the stars and planets in the sky.

After an extensive interview he arranged for my weaknesses in foreign languages to be over-looked and so I started a Biology degree at Birmingham in 1967.

It has been a privilege to pursue knowledge for its own sake and to see how it might help mankind in more practical ways.

I get so sad that sad gets to be.So scared that all my feelings they up and leave me. I got so city girl on you. I go so crazy I don't know what to do.

I quickly laugh at everything for fear of having to cry.

If Apple's a technology company in the music industry, why can't somebody in the music industry make technology?

I made a circle with a smile for a mouth on yellow paper, because it was sunshiny and bright.

There's a lot about records that you cannot feel from a CD.

Everyone just wants to hear the exact jokes that apply to them and want to - everyone wants a perfectly crafted joke for them.

The stadium expansion is currently at the feasibility stage and has to go through that.

Life though a short, is a working day. Activity may lead to evil; but inactivity cannot be led to good.

The CD is dedicated to our dog Nell, who passed away last year.

To love is simply to allow another to be, live, grow, expand, become. An appreciation that demands and expects nothing in return.