I know some words floated through my ears, but my mind refused to absorb their meaning. I just shook my head slowly as the wall of pain washed over me, leaving me submerged and broken in the flood.

My whole world started to tilt. I could feel it, sliding ever so slightly off center.

Be ye innocent as doves yet wise as serphants" new testament quoted by Elvis Presley and applied to karate

Money is just something to be circulated.

Everything depends on liking the people and trusting the people. You have to assume that whatever they do will be as good as you want the thing to be and just go ahead with that.

I suppose my little Martin acoustic guitar is quickly becoming a prize possession. It's a lovely guitar. I bought it at the Cambridge Folk Festival in 2001 before I had cleaned up.

I was the kind of child who worked hard every day with the cows and sheep - I was a very aggressive boy.

One of the great pluses of being an immigrant is you get to start again in terms of your identity. You get to shed the narratives which cling to you.

..."I ran out of stock around midnight and dropped by a place, got some Chinese." I hoped he meant takeout.

Son, if you really want something in life, you have to work for it. Now quiet, they're about to announce the lottery numbers.

Say and do something positive that will help the situation; it doesn't take any brains to complain.

You can't be a kid in show business. You will not survive.