It was really strange for me when I started to play concerts in America where the audiences were all sitting down.

Smell the sea and feel the sky.

The fog of illusion, the fog of confusion is hanging all over the world.

Have I told you lately that I love you, have I told you lately there's no one above you. Fill my heart with gladness, take away all my sadness, ease my troubles, that's what you do.

These are the days of the endless summer, these are the days, the time is now. There is no past, there's only future, there's only here, there's only now.

Hark, now hear the sailors cry, smell the sea, and feel the sky let your soul & spirit fly, into the mystic.

You gotta fight every day to keep mediocrity at bay.

Music is spiritual. The music business is not.

Let your soul and spirit fly.

Meet them halfway with love, peace, and persuasion, and expect them to rise for the occasion.

I think Paul McGuinness and U2 created the Irish music industry. It certainly wasn't there before that.

I hope to continue my friendship with France and its filmmakers for many years to come.

As a Test cricketer you expect that at times you're going to be heckled, and you must have a thick skin.

The choices we make now affect the opportunities available in the future

The thing about seeing the big picture and being self-aware is knowing that it's not about you. It's about the big picture. It's not about you. It's not. This is not about you.

When someone comes up and says something like, 'I am a god,' everybody says 'Who does he think he is?' I just told you who I thought I was. A god. I just told you. That's who I think I am.

Painting is just a tool; it is nothing in itself. What counts is how you do it.

He is not bad, I don't think. Perhaps he is simply too lazy to be good.

After all a book can be represented as a conversation with one’s demon.

Pity is easy, but it is difficult to care.

I'm somebody who deserves to be supported and encouraged to continue my work because I have a lot to give.