Being famous was extremely disappointing for me. When I became famous it was a complete drag and it is still a complete drag.

Smell the sea and feel the sky.

The fog of illusion, the fog of confusion is hanging all over the world.

Have I told you lately that I love you, have I told you lately there's no one above you. Fill my heart with gladness, take away all my sadness, ease my troubles, that's what you do.

These are the days of the endless summer, these are the days, the time is now. There is no past, there's only future, there's only here, there's only now.

Hark, now hear the sailors cry, smell the sea, and feel the sky let your soul & spirit fly, into the mystic.

You gotta fight every day to keep mediocrity at bay.

Music is spiritual. The music business is not.

Let your soul and spirit fly.

Meet them halfway with love, peace, and persuasion, and expect them to rise for the occasion.

I think Paul McGuinness and U2 created the Irish music industry. It certainly wasn't there before that.

If I rise up again against the foe, dare I stand alone?

I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it.

Some people say, 'Save yourself and you save your ways.' I say, 'Be yourself and you save your soul.

Loss could be used as a measure of beauty in a woman.

I knew exactly what I was doing: I was doing nothing. because I knew there was nothing to do.

I think that we can learn so much if we pay attention to our dreams, whether when we are asleep or in waking dreams. There are connections that are absolutely incredible.

A man may be a fool and not know it, but not if he is married.

I'm too nervous to eat before I go onstage, and I'll usually eat out after the performance or when I get home at midnight.

The surest sign that God is alive in you is joy.

When someone asks for your time, and you put your phone away to talk to them... that's leadership.