Some people say that practice makes perfect but I just feel that the repetition works against me and I start thinking too far ahead during a show.

Before my accident I was a little too... selfish and self-absorbed and for me, to now be at the place where I can kinda give back and inspire people. I'm blessed. I'm really blessed.

And more importantly, I wouldnt be the person I am today, I wouldnt be where I am now and I may not even have been here if it wasnt for the accident.

Thinking about what songs are coming next instead of just relaxing, breathing and playing from my heart. Sometimes it can get to be almost like the enemy.

I was happy in Dublin because it is very cosmopolitan.

Just the same way I'd say a prayer before going onstage, taking that even further and using the drum to inspire people. And using that as a vehicle for the intention.

I really don't feel any strong allegiance to any country.

I have never been one for the over-the-top.

There is no gift like friendship. Remember this - when you become a young man. For your fate will turn on the first true friend you make.

Every story is us

My advice is not to wait to be struck by an idea. If you're a writer, you sit down and damn well decide to have an idea. That's the way to get an idea.

Overall, looking at the stories [Black Mirror], almost every story we've ever done is concerned with authenticity or reality in some way.

There's a very fine line between one person's reality and another person's fantasy.

Don’t you rob yourself of what you’re feeling; don’t rob yourself of all that you could be.

Everything is worth seeing once, and the more one sees the less one either wonders or admires.

God never closes off horizons; He is never unconcerned about the lives and sufferings of His children. God never allows Himself to be outdone in generosity.

Congress did not pass last year's 2006 budget proposals. The 2007 budget proposals are very similar, and once again unfairly target agriculture. I expect Congress to reject them again.

The cavalry, in particular, were not friendly to the aeroplane, which it was believed, would frighten the horses.