I'm still batting away on my politics for the Labour Party. I'm much further to the left of them than I used to be, but that's because they've moved, not me.

I try and write honestly about what I see around me now.

Freedom is merely privilege extended, unless enjoyed by one and all.

I've had songs written during the Falklands war, and during the first Gulf war I got letters from soldiers saying they were listening to these songs, like Island of no return.

You can experience a download, but you can't download an experience.

War what is it good for? It's good for business.

A virtue never tested is no virtue at all.

If there is a single trait in our character that has historically set us apart from other nations, it is our determination to limit the authority of those who rule over us.

What corporations fear most are consumers who ask questions. Naomi Klein offers us the arguments with which to take on the superbrands.

Mixing pop and politics he asks me what the use is / I offer him embarrassment and my usual excuses.

Don't saddle me with your ideals, and spare me all your guilt. For a poet with all the answers, has never yet been built.

My wish is to stay always like this, living quietly in a corner of nature.

Violence is black children going to school for 12 years and receiving 6 years' worth of education.

The former ruling class kept the community of actors in ignorance by means of various lies.

Of course you want your son, your children, to be proud of you.

Taylor is a musician who does things under her own name and tells her own stories-her songs and her albums are her.

Man is not merely an evolution but rather a revolution.

I think talent is dangerous to have if you take it for granted. If you use it well and put hard work with it together, it's hard to catch that guy. And I think that's what you're seeing right now.

There is a great tradition of independent filmmaking in the U.S. that I absolutely respect. There's some wonderful stuff that comes out in this country against all the odds.

If that's all there is, my friends, then let's keep dancing.

My soul experienced a peace so sweet, so deep, it would be impossible to express it.