If you've been frugal during your life and tried to save, you're penalised by the tax system. You pay tax on your wages, your savings and even your private pension.

I like paper statements rather than relying on computers. I feel more in control if my account details and transactions are broken down on paper.

I prefer to give money to the person who's provided the good service. But I never tip at hotels, I think they overcharge anyway. But anything which is value for money will get my vote.

Being born not long after the war meant that money was tight. I grew up in a rural corner of Lincolnshire and my father worked on local farms. Being one of nine kids meant we didn't have much.

When you experience having nothing you value everything - and that applies to all aspects of life.

I bought my first house when I was 24 for £19,500 and it was sold two years ago for £256,000. I've always made profit on my houses.

I hate my Visa card but have to use it for diesel, insurance and big items. I prefer paying by cash whenever possible because that way I feel as if I've got a better grasp on what I'm spending.

One thing which frustrates me about state pensions is the disparity between EU countries.

In my view, the money is poorly spent and given willy-nilly to people unlikely to get on the winning rostrum.

I don't spend and save whenever I have spare cash. I dislike people who boast about money.

There are those that want "freedom" from individual responsibility. Then there are those that want individual "liberty." I choose the latter. I am a Libertarian

It should be noted that the EPA's banning of methanol is categorically absurd from the point of view of environmental protection.

Children, savages and true believers remember far less what they have seen than what they have heard.

The actual breakthrough in the privacy of the studio, when one dares to apply paint in a new manner, is a solitary thrill, dependent upon no one else.

I'm not a big blues fan, but I don't know anyone who doesn't dig B.B. King.

I'm never satisfied with what I do. I always think I can do it a lot better.

People with mental illnesses are dying on our streets. More than 350,000 are in jails and prisons. Most are people whose only real crime is they got sick.

I mean, the actors that I admired were Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, an actress named Barbara Harris. And Greta Garbo. They were great actors.

You will have to look a long way before you find a bunch of scum-suckers more greedy, humourless and deserving of death than the suits in the music business.

Only Love conceives things worthy enough to stand greater than individual accomplishment.