Bobby Cox had the biggest influence in my career and probably the second- or third-biggest influence in my life.

There's nothing better than a team that comes out of nowhere and finds themselves in the World Series.

It gives me a sense of tunnel vision.

I had all my own teeth and I wanted to keep it that way.

Julesa: "Are you a fool? Father will have you hung if he realises you've escaped."Never: "Everyone dies from something.

Over and over. They be making me remember everythings. Me old songs, they just be natural. But now they be stuffing new things into me and this poor head hurts horrid.

A good story should make you laugh, and a moment later break your heart.

A story so cherished it has to be dressed in casualness to disguise its significance in case the listener turned out to be unsympathetic.

So, in some ways, the political songs tend to be a bit more like reportage, whereas the love songs tend to be like novels, you can pick them up off the shelf and go into them any time.

I'd like to be able to use Storm's powers for good, like have it rain more in Southern California. We could do with it.

I love to watch good actors who surprise and amuse me.

At sixteen I get drafted. When I read the draft notice, I cry. Not because I'm a coward - I'm not afraid of anyone. But I don't want to kill or be killed.

I threw a strop one day and threatened to walk to Budleigh Salterton.

The overwhelming majority of people are comfortable with consensus, but successful investors tend to have a contrarian bent.