If you were a pretty boy pop singer, it would wreck you, growing older

When I hit 11 so did the careers of Dylan and the Stones. A year later it was the Who and the Kinks.

When Michael Jackson sings it is with the voice of angels, and when his feet move, you can see God dancing.

It strikes me as being morally repulsive and intellectually absurd that people die of want in a world of surplus.

Mankind at its most desperate is often at its best

You can't trust politicians. It doesn't matter who makes a political speech. It's all lies - and it applies to any rock star who wants to make a political speech as well.

Physically I'm tired at the end of the day and quite glad to be reading in bed by midnight

And whereas women had to fight to find their way into the workforce, men are now fighting to reclaim their place in the family structure.

There is not a single extant study that supports all the arguments against men being with their children. It's absolute bollocks

Feed the world. Let them know it's Christmas time again.

It's really very simple, Governor. When people are hungry they die. So spare me your politics and tell me what you need and how you're going to get it to these people.

You are an aperture through which the universe is looking at and exploring itself.

Once you find your dream, risk everything to make it come true.

Guess I am going to take a man-nap. Wake me up when there is food.

Our insight into the need of redemption will largely depend upon our knowledge of the terrible nature of the power that has entered our being.

What are minnows but brief flashes? And what are thoughts? And how do you capture a brief flash, even for a second?

The most important thing I have done is to combine something esoteric with a practical issue that affects many people.

Electing Sudan to the UN body mandated to promote and protect human rights worldwide is like putting Jack the Ripper in charge of a women's shelter.

Respect a man, and he will do all the more.

I think bullies are very lonely people. I always tell teenagers not to bully others because it's unacceptable. We need to teach students to value themselves and to not put others down.

Kids need to see that Jesus is the best thing that ever happened to us. And they need to know it can happen to them.