I think English people were a lot better at breakdancing than they were at making records.

I'm very superstitious... I never shout at magpies, walk under ladders or put my shoes on the table.

I make music for the hips, not the head.

In England, I'm this venerable old granddad, the one who always gets pissed at parties and puts a lampshade on his head.

Most people don't get a fair crack of the whip.

On top of the horror of separating from your wife, you have to go through it in public.

You cannot force a dry well to yield water.

This was the kack’s cradle, icky-poo’s bassinet. It was Death and Diarrhea, singing duet.

But all morality is of necessity shaped by context. I'm not talking relativism, no. To ignore the context of a decision is in fact immoral.

If you have zero access to the Internet, that is an offline device.

The expectation of happiness creates a lot of unhappiness.

Human sympathy has its limits, and we were contented to let all their tragic arguments fade with the city lights behind.

I many no longer depend on pleasant impulses to bring me before the Lord. I must rather response to principles I know to be right, whether I feel them to be enjoyable or not.

When the world has 1,000, 2,000, 3,000 nuclear plants, can we call that a safe world? I think we need to properly have this debate.

My joy in learning is partly that it enables me to teach.