I never, ever said that I was a nice guy.

Smell the sea and feel the sky.

The fog of illusion, the fog of confusion is hanging all over the world.

Have I told you lately that I love you, have I told you lately there's no one above you. Fill my heart with gladness, take away all my sadness, ease my troubles, that's what you do.

These are the days of the endless summer, these are the days, the time is now. There is no past, there's only future, there's only here, there's only now.

Hark, now hear the sailors cry, smell the sea, and feel the sky let your soul & spirit fly, into the mystic.

You gotta fight every day to keep mediocrity at bay.

Music is spiritual. The music business is not.

Let your soul and spirit fly.

Meet them halfway with love, peace, and persuasion, and expect them to rise for the occasion.

I think Paul McGuinness and U2 created the Irish music industry. It certainly wasn't there before that.

I do not want to grow for the sake of growth. Never will I be blind by greed.

There is no real way to deal with everything we lose.

I'll make you so in love with me, that everytime our lips touch, you'll die a little death.

Kevin Smith is so great in 'Kingdom Come,' isn't he? He's kind of this very earthy poet. He just has this immediate gregariousness, like, you kind of just want to be his pal.

When a man makes up his mind to thrash another, he must also make up his mind to be a little thrashed himself.

A part of fate is the freedom of man. Forever wells up the impulse of choosing and acting in his soul.

The power to tax, once conceded, has no limits; it continues until it destroys.

Turning the thermostat down is something that I do pretty reluctantly. I like to be able to walk around in whatever I fancy at home.

Russians understand the rhythm of despair.

The films I liked were European films - Federico Fellini, Michelangelo Antonioni, François Truffaut.