By the cold and religious we were taken in hand - shown how to feel good; and told to feel bad.

Long you live and high you fly. And smiles you'll give and tears you'll cry. And all you touch and all you see is all your life will ever be.

ashes or diamonds foe or friend we're all equal in the end

I'm in competition with myself and I'm losing.

All you touch and all you see is all your life will ever be.

There is no dark side of the moon really. Matter of fact it's all dark.

Each small candle lights a corner of the dark.

You take the risk of being rejected. If you have pretentions to be an artist of any kind, you have to take the risk of people rejecting you and thinking you're an arsehole.

How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?

This is how you control your domestic population - by making people afraid and by identifying an enemy.

You run and you run to catch up to the sun but it's sinking, racing around to come up behind you again.

When the economy of a country is based fundamentally on the principles of truth and honesty, that nation experiences economic stability.

I can't - is sacrificing your potential...

I like to deal with EVERY aspect of our condition, and that means terror and humor in equal mix. Some books have more room for humor than others.

Regret is such a pointless emotion, don't you agree?

The best theology is probably no theology; just love one another.

Instability of temper ought to be checked when it disposes men to wander from one scheme to another: since such a fickleness cannot but be attended with fatal consequences.

Ive done a lot of albums and I kinda know when Im onto something that was inspirational for me to record and create, and this was one of those projects where I really enjoyed making the album.

People keep saying, 'Oh, you're getting all these great reviews, that must make you really happy.' I guess it does, but mostly it's just a relief.

When people say to me don't the years go fast I have to be honest and say that whereas I don't realise where they go in the long term, I pack so much into a year it seems to take forever.

All resources are not obvious; great managers find and develop available talent.