I did drugs for 18 years and I never got that bad as to say, 'You know what? I think the Kaiser Chiefs are brilliant.'

I'm a happy-go-lucky character. I'm not that miserable. But I can never let anyone into my world.

We're not arrogant, we just believe we're the best band in the world.

We need each other, We believe in one another, And I know we're gonna uncover, What's sleepin' in our soul...

I'm embarrassed when I see Brits abroad; they have their tops off, wear flip flops, and shout at the top of their voices.

If everyone in the music business were brutally honest about what their intentions were then you could sort things out, but it's all smoke and mirrors.

You gotta say what you say, Don't let anybody get in your way...

In business, you can have one massive success that earns $50 million overnight, and that's it. You're successful. End of story. But in the music business, you have to keep on doing it.

You can't be a mod and a rocker. You have to choose sides.

Those who don't say what they mean will live and die by their own sword.

You've just got to trust your instincts and realize that you can't please all the people all the time. You've got to please yourself ultimately in the end.

Peace, though beloved of our Lord, is a cardinal virtue only if your neighbors share your conscience.

Sometimes caring for something already growing is more perilous than planting something new.

Children should be able to see the Gospel modeled in the way their father loves their mother with a sacrificial love.

Nothing is more satisfying than to write a good sentence.

I know I can act and it doesn't matter where you come from.

A writer doesn't write for his readers, does he? Yet he has to take elementary precautions all the same, to make them comfortable.

Having your own show, where you're not in trouble all the time, because you're kind of the boss, is a wonderful experience. If I made mistakes everyone was very nice to me.

I am too old to have ever been very worried about what "genre" any given book of mine might be. I read everything. I am easily amused.

When curiosity turns to serious matters, it's called research.

Galileo was challenged because he declared a theory to be a fact and argued with the Church about the genuine meaning of the Bible.