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

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.

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.

Irish Americans are no more Irish than Black Americans are Africans.

Philosophy has forgotten about children

The crown of life is neither happiness nor annihilation it is understanding.

But this will not do, God will certainly punish you for stealing and for being unfaithful.

The drum in a dream pounds loud to the dreamer.

God's presence is not just Light, and Life, but Love. And Love invites, but does not compel.

Much historical fiction that centers on real people has always been deficient in information, lacking in craft and empty in affect.

Cracked pots allow the treasure to shine forth.

The greatest joy of my is when Jesus moves on my heart and tells me to give to someone.

We look for God as though he were not already here.

Paris is a place where, for me, just walking down a street that I've never been down before is like going to a movie.