All the great political music was made at the height of political confrontations.

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.

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

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.

Do dirt, get dirt. So I treat people with the same respect that I want.

Twice and thrice over, as they say, good is it to repeat and review what is good.

My father would tell me if I wasn't writing in meter verse, it wasn't poetry.

Speeches made to the people are essential to the arousing of enthusiasm for a war.

Look to the East, where up the lucid sky; the morning climbs! The day shall yet be fair.

I can only listen to what I'm working on, at the time. I can't listen to anything else because I don't want to copy it.

I made sacrifices willingly; it was what I did best.

If I had the flag that Betsy Ross worked so hard on, I wouldn't destroy it. I'd put it up on EBay because it's gotta be worth some serious coin. And that is the American way.

I met the oddest little fellow today, Alan of Trebond.

If you think about racing too much you may just lose it a little bit.