I think people who traditionally ate haggis wouldn't eat the good cuts, 'cause they'd sell the good cuts to make their money, so they get left with all the crap.

Actually, my experience over the past couple of years hasn't necessarily been something that would be interesting, were it committed to record.

Festivals are a time to play the songs people know and are looking forward to hearing.

I like albums that knit together, where the songs relate to one another and intertwine.

Most traditional Scottish food is designed to use things that are just about to go...off.

In terms of covers, it's always nice to do ones that aren't actually getting played by the original artist anymore. I just love the song; I love that band, and it's nice to be able to play it.

Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.

You know that feeling when you first arrive in a new city? However tired you are, however shattered by the flight, you are impatient to get out and sample the streets, the life, the action.

She charmed and sparkled and said witty things, but she knew very well she was being charming and sparkling and witty while she was doing it, which somehow felt wrong.

Look not mournfully into the past it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart.

Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic.

While Eeyore frets ... ... and Piglet hesitates ... and Rabbit calculates ... and Owl pontificates ...Pooh just is.

I don't really get recognised very much.

Grandmotherhood initiated me into a world of play, where all things became fresh, alive, and honest again through my grandchildren's eyes. Mostly, it retaught me love.

It's what you practice in private that you will be rewarded for in public.

My working history as an actor is definitely in the theatre; it certainly was in Australia.