There is a major turning point in life when you have to decide: shall I grow old gracefully or shall I try everything to stem the tide? For me, that point came in 2001, when I stopped dyeing my hair.

Glasgow is less polite than Edinburgh but that's a good thing - they keep it very real.

I won't let the sun go down on me.

I tried several times to get the song right. The tune and the chords that I started with, there really wasn't anywhere else it could go. I stopped fighting it and let it take me away.

There's always some promoter having an '80s night, saying, We'll supply the band. All you can drink.

I love Neil Finn. I've loved everything he's done since Split Enz.

Improving the world can be a nasty and ugly and difficult and dangerous business...because when you improve the world, you threaten the entrenched interests of evil people.

Vehicular Darwinism based on survival of the quickest.

One decision make differences, so make one.

I loved underground comics and psychedelic art. I did like some supernatural horror, but mainly fantasy. I was into escapism.

People who build family businesses are not classically trained. They have to deal with an enormous amount of politics. You think corporate politics are tough? Go work for your dad or your mom.

What happened yesterday is history. What happens tomorrow is a mystery. What we do today makes a difference - the precious present moment.

She was tired, with that tiredness that only emptiness brings.

My life failed on the very day I was born.

We know others to the extent that we know ourselves.

I'd rather drive the yellow brick road, you wouldn't happen to know of a rental car place around.