All you have is your fire And the place you need to reach Don't you ever tame your demons But always keep them on a leash

There is no sweeter innocence than our gentle sin

The song is about asserting yourself and reclaiming your humanity through an act of love.

No masters or kings when the ritual begins [making love] There is no sweeter innocence than our gentle sin In the madness and soil of that sad earthly scene Only then I am human Only then I am clean

The song, to me, is about what it is to be a human, what it is to love someone as a human being, and organizations that would undermine that, and undermine the more natural parts of being a person

Offer me that deathless death Good God, let me give you my life.

When I write songs, I try to remove myself a little bit. Obviously they're very personal to me, but it feels easier if I feel like I'm writing characters.

Art and music are the vehicle for the zeitgeist.

I think humans are driven by othering people, by defining themselves by who they are not and who is different from them. Human beings are in love with othering.

Will there be a time when equality will exist? I think given human nature there will always be conflict.

I think if more people would understand how simple and what really feminism is, I would imagine that most men I know are feminists without verbalising or saying so.

As to diseases, make a habit of two things — to help, or at least, to do no harm.

It's only a risk if you think there's a chance of failure.

When faced with a crisis, do three things: breathe, pray and be kind.

I am a big Bewitched fan... something about the way Elizabeth Montgomery twitched her nose.

He (Aneurin Bevan) enjoys prophesying the imminent fall of the capitalist system, and is prepared to play a part, any part, in its burial, except that of mute.

The western mind is linear, the eastern mind is circular.

A thing's innate disposition does not lie.

I always win, I'm cursed to win.

As a director, I also get to sit and watch actors and learn from them in a way that I don't get to do when I'm just acting.

Threadbare his songs seem now, to lettered ken: They were worn threadbare next the hearts of men.