I hate to spoil my own prospects, but I really don't respect the kiss-and-tell approach to public life at all, not at all.

I'm not terribly focused on whether I even could ever become the Leader of the Liberal Party or the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party in the future.

I think any good government will target on the finishing date, that is, the polling day and make sure that their strategy is strong and in place to get them successfully re-elected.

So this is all part of a free society. People are entitled to hold whatever view they want, and the media can report things how they wish.

Yeah, well I'm not aspiring to be the Prime Minister.

Well goodness knows, goodness knows what historians will write.

If people are concerned about my house and where I live again it's much more of a reflection on them than it is on me.

My father had the same name as me but he was known as Alec. He was a member of the House of Representatives.

Yes, I don't think I shall ever become Prime Minister. Hard as that is to swallow, I tell you one person who is very happy always to see me say that, and that's my wife.

Life only wants us to be happy. We impose these burdens on ourselves.

Never judge anyone but to love and understand everyone.

Touring is everything. Without touring, you're just another artist on the internet trying to get your music out.

Consideration for others is the basis of a good life, a good society.

Slate is not a political magazine but a lot of what it does is politics.

Death just shouldn't be a taxable event.

I try to play the bare essence, to let everything be just what it's supposed to be.

Everyone dies. I just choose the time and place for some of them!

This world is like Noah's Ark. In which few men but many beasts embark.

Careers are a jungle gym, not a ladder.