Games is like hardwired plumbing in the house of pop. It's not pop itself, its sort of like the behind-the-scenes arteries and capillaries of pop music.

It's such a contentious thing to get people in a room and just say, "go!"

If there is any selfish angle, then it would probably be me just knocking myself in the head, thinking "Is there anybody here? Am I still able to communicate with other musicians?"

Man is the only creature endowed with the power of laughter.

You shouldn't be a big shot about your fate. I'm an enemy of Destiny, I'm not a Greek, I'm a Berliner.

The real crucial link in the international exchange is the last three feet, which is bridged by personal contact, one person talking to another.

The high-water mark, so to speak, of Socialist literature is W.H. Auden, a sort of gutless Kipling.

I'm not a beatnik. I'm a Catholic.

Achievement is largely the product of steadily raising one's level of aspiration and expectation.

Despair is the damp of hell, as joy is the serenity of heaven.

Why in the world are we here? Surely not to live in pain and fear. Why on earth are you there, when you're everywhere - come and get your share.

Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop.

What the Beatles did was something incredible, it was more than what a band could do. We have to give them respect.