I left to go off and do other things. In terms of the group, I'm definitely the boss. I wouldn't say they were scared of me, but they listen to what I have to say.

I don't like to play the same set every night. I think the band would prefer the same 12 songs, to be honest, but if I get bored, then I think the audience gets bored too.

These are the decisions we make that lead us to where we are today.

I became the singer by default. I didn't know if I could do it. We tried other people, but couldn't find anyone we liked.

I wrote the tunes. I was the driving force. The rest were quite happy just to go along with things. But it was more of a democracy then.

When you go on stage and it's your show, you don't really have to work that hard to win that audience because you've already won them.

solemnly keep your deeds in silence

Never doubt the courage of the French. They were the ones who discovered that snails are edible.

We look at your eyes. The eyes carry the wounds. The eyes know damage. Damaged people recognize other damaged people, and we let you in. We are kindred. - Broken Places

My fictitious characters will take the bit between their teeth and gallop off and do something that I hadn't counted on. However, I always insist on dragging them back to the straight and narrow

Describe a circle, stroke its back and it turns vicious.

Hope! thou nurse of young desire.

Greatness starts with the replacement of hatred with polite disdain.

If you're a scientist, and you have to have an answer, even in the absence of data, you're not going to be a good scientist.

American public policy is run on a myth.

Our deepest wishes are whispers of our authentic selves. We must learn to respect them. We must learn to listen.