I think there's a core of real anger or misery inside every true stand-up comic.

When we went to war at the Falklands, Buck Kernan had to shake each man's hand as we boarded a boat for war.

Pro Publica distorts the relationship between organizations and their consultants.

As a viewer I came of age during a time when cast members were prone to fistfights. So I may be carrying a little of that kind of image in my head.

For each show, we do maybe 15 versions before it goes on air. So I know every show microscopically.

The Clash, in particular, transcends any category.

When you do something bad and you know you can do it, only you know you can do it. And do it while it's hot, man.

My dad is a little Scottish guy with tattoos all over his arms.

In the British military system, there is a very strict chain of command. Americans just want to win, and the correct strategy may be to speak directly to the men.

I was a section commander in the parachute regiment [in the British army].

I'm consciously working very hard at not eating.

You only get fulfillment when you work in your land of promise

I think it would be well, and proper, and obedient, and pure, to grasp your one necessity and not let it go, to dangle from it limp wherever it takes you.

To write tragedy, a man must feel tragedy. To feel tragedy, a man must be aware of the world in which he lives. Not only with his mind, but with his blood and sinews.

Lots of people say to me, 'I completely hate Busted'. That's completely cool with me. I understand why.

Men's memories are uncertain and the past that was differs little from the past that was not.

The mill cannot grind with the water that is past.

I became stereotyped.

If the Devil's in yer pants make cheese with him.

It's pretty clear now that what looked like it might have been some kind of counterculture is, in reality, just the plain old chaos of undifferentiated weirdness.

Tool - something with a use on one end and a grasp on the other end.