War what is it good for? It's good for business.

I try and write honestly about what I see around me now.

Freedom is merely privilege extended, unless enjoyed by one and all.

I've had songs written during the Falklands war, and during the first Gulf war I got letters from soldiers saying they were listening to these songs, like Island of no return.

I'm still batting away on my politics for the Labour Party. I'm much further to the left of them than I used to be, but that's because they've moved, not me.

You can experience a download, but you can't download an experience.

A virtue never tested is no virtue at all.

If there is a single trait in our character that has historically set us apart from other nations, it is our determination to limit the authority of those who rule over us.

What corporations fear most are consumers who ask questions. Naomi Klein offers us the arguments with which to take on the superbrands.

Mixing pop and politics he asks me what the use is / I offer him embarrassment and my usual excuses.

Don't saddle me with your ideals, and spare me all your guilt. For a poet with all the answers, has never yet been built.

I'm only rich because I know when I'm wrong...I basically have survived by recognizing my mistakes.

Judge a man's character by what he finds ridiculous.

While you're figuring out what to do, we've tried two different things and have figured out the right one.

I'd rather live a hard life of fact than a sweet life of lies.

If I don't have to think about the commercial aspect of it, then I feel like I'm going to make better films.

Whatever Boelcke told us was taken as Gospel!

Manners, really good ones, make it possible to live with almost anyone, gracefully and pleasantly.

I see and approve better things, but follow worse.

David Bowie used to cover loads of people, and there was an element of "David Bowie did it, so we wanted to do it," because we're kind of obsessed [with him].

Things people say strike me as amusing, and I am prone to saying out loud what everybody's thinking.