Even with politics, stuff comes around again. Woody Guthrie would recognize America today.

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.

What do you want?""Just coffee. Black - like my soul.

Make sure you keep an inner state of flexibility, and are not tightly bound to your visions.

If you can conceive it in your mind, then it can be brought to the physical world.

Christian theology: nothing so grotesque could possibly be true.

I can't just sit around thinking how lucky I am.

I took to my room and let small things evolve slowly.

This nation was established by the God of heaven as a citadel of liberty. A Constitution guaranteeing those liberties was designed under the superintending influence of heaven.

Self pity becomes your oxygen. But you learned to breathe it without a gasp. So, nobody even notices you're hurting.

Our greatest blessings come to us by way of madness, provided the madness is given us by divine gift.

What's happened to humour? We're becoming American. Everyone gets so angry over everything.