I am very mistrustful of people who are constantly over intellectualising things. It kills passion. You have to allow yourself to lose control from time to time.

When the seagulls follow the trawler, it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea.

You can change your wife, your politics, your religion, but never, never can you change your favourite football team.

When I think football, I think Manchester United. I still support United and always will. I will die with them in my heart.

You may find another Beckham or Ronaldo, but never ever will you find another Sir Alex Ferguson.

I don't play against a particular team. I play against the idea of losing

I'm so proud the fans still sing my name, but I fear tomorrow they will stop. I fear it because I love it. And everything you love, you fear you will lose.

Sometimes you surprise the goalkeeper and sometimes the goalkeeper surprises you. In my career, I tried to do more of the first than the second.

My best moment? I have a lot of good moments but the one I prefer is when I kicked the hooligan.

The ball is like a woman, she loves to be caressed.

I play with passion and fire. I have to accept that sometimes this fire does harm.

When you're writing, you're creating something out of nothing ... A successful piece of writing is like doing a successful piece of m

Love places someone else in the centre of your being and your own self is blurred.

I'm into creating something that I've never created before.

I was an angel of the desert. In your arms I broke my wings.

Take me to the Brig. I want to see the "real Marines".

We all only have a certain amount of money and that means yes, we have to make choices and sometimes those choices mean we don't get what we want.

Enthusiasm is followed by disappointment and even depression, and then by renewed enthusiasm.

The curious beauty about African music is that it uplifts even as it tells a sad story.

Washington is the city where the big men of little towns come to be disillusioned

I really feel that artists or musicians are controversial people. Controversy is part of the nature of art and creativity. If people are not doing that, they're not artists - they're artisans.