I get twitchy if I don't pick up a guitar or sit at the piano every now and then... I have to do it; I don't have a choice.

To rally every black sheep is my goal.

The TV licence people just can't believe we don't have a television. I'm a bolshie git. I shout at them things like, 'I don't need TV, I'm an intellectual.'

I realize myself that hate wastes a lot of time and energy and I would rather re-direct any energy that I have to good and positive use.

Maybe rock 'n' roll isn't music. Maybe people just need to be reminded that the world ain't the way they think it is.

Use it or lose it is a cliche because it's true.

I signed contracts I didn't think were a good idea but people around me said it was the way forward. It saddens me that I'll never own my first album ever, which sucks.

The people who make history are not the people who make it who are there but the people who make it and then write about it.

The way people see you is the way you really are.

I'd spent my childhood thinking bad things, bad things every day. It had made me sick, but it had made me determined.

Yeah. I do get incredibly anxious. Almost borderline panic attacks.

We are wearing coats of trust. When one tells a story this is what happens.

I was always an odd child, though I had no idea what odd was, really.

The company must not throw money away on huge bonuses for executives or other frivolities but must share its fate with the workers.

There are places on earth where we can catch a glimpse of heaven.

Yesterday was Chinese New Year. It's the Year of the Rabbit. And here's how dumb I am. I'm still writing the Year of the Pig on my checks.

I had an experience that probably is shared by many parents. When my daughter was born, I felt viscerally connected to generations before and after me in a way that took me by surprise.

People tend to associate anyone who looks and behaves differently with illegal or immoral activity.

Before you can win, you have to believe you are worthy.

Usually, I cut songs by other people that are artists that I already love.

Breaking accepted rules does bring people together.