I went to Morocco, joined a band called Pegasus, ran out of money, went to Gibraltar and worked on the docks, writing songs about the sun and the morning and the birds.

When the mighty chains of darkness had me on the ropes, everyone said quit now, that's when I found hope.

In the early days, I had very little idea about arrangements, and I wrote songs a little flat, as it were, just on an acoustic guitar. They didn't really have quite enough nuance.

My Zombie apocalypse plan is simple but effective; I fully intend to die in the very first wave.

If I could smoke from more than one orifice, I most certainly would.

I do not wanna write a song like 'Coathanger' so Andrew Breitbart can rage against me on his web site. It's not my idea of fun.

Mostly I've never let record companies become involved with my music, which was a very smart thing that my first manager Dave Robinson did, to keep them out of it.

Oh, man, pop singers are terrible actors. We're all bad.

I started to work up in my old bedroom, playing, writing songs, and it somehow came to me that I could introduce soul music. Nobody seemed to be doing that.

Some people are in charge of pens who shouldn't be in charge of brooms.

Do not allow the enemy of your soul to rob you of that unique quality God has breathed into you.

If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.

I would like to find a more precise way to not only tell the stories of female characters, but also do so in a female "way." My biggest advice would be to trust yourself.

When I open my mouth, the room rings.

I'm a pretty happy person, to be honest with you.

Growing up, I knew you were supposed to have a profession - and something better than being a shopkeeper, which is what my parents were.

The Iraqis who have risen up against the occupation are not 'insurgents' or 'terrorists' or 'The Enemy.' They are the REVOLUTION, the Minutemen, and their numbers will grow - and they will win.

I love pity parties. I wish I'd brought hats.

The great irony to Dirk [Gently] is that he sees connections in everything, but the one thing he fails and struggles with most is connecting with other people.

Modern society has not rid itself of religion, as it fondly believes; it has merely replaced the historical religions by a host of idolatrous cults struggling for possession of the soul of man.