I am more comfortable doing a drama.

I couldn't care less about who sees my bits ... My friends asked how I could do scenes like that and not get excited, but it wasn't like that. My bits looked the size of a cashew nut!

I've never seen a moon in the sky that, if it didn't take my breath away, at least misplaced it for a moment.

Being Irish is very much a part of who I am. I take it everywhere with me.

Desperation will allow you to do incredible things in the name of survival.

Girl trouble, for me, is when you fall in love.

But I dare not think too far into the future on the risk that I'll miss the present.

I got to work with Jared Leto. Jared's cute. Oh, I'll tell you. Jared will make you doubt about your sexuality.

I'm a big old romantic.

Every week a tsunami rips through poor towns and villages all over the world ... That tsunami is hunger.

My Mum taught me great manners. And she always told me that you can be or do whatever in life, as long as you don't hurt anyone and you're happy. My Mum's great; I adore her.

...sin is often the attempt to meet a legitimate need in an illegitimate way.

Art doesn't alter things. It points things out, but it doesn't alter them. It can't, no matter what a painter wants to do.

I'd throw dollars out of helicopters if I had to, to stimulate the economy.

The glory dies not, and the grief is past.

I look for mystery and try to decipher it while knowing it is an impossible task. I look for memory, where Mystery lies.

I don't want to change the way I write my songs, I like the way I write my songs, so I keep 'em the same. I'd like to write more country songs, but other than that, I'm pretty good where I am.

The itch of disputation will prove the scab of the Church.

You know this moment in time Is all my life Every day is each day that's passed Every person alive is everyone's who's died

I know I'm incredibly unpredictable, and that's the only thing I'm sure of.

Two wings lift a person up from earthly concerns: Simplicity in intention, and Purity in feeling.