I've always felt quite like an outsider. I don't really belong in the mainstream, and I quite like that.

If anyone comes along, I'm more than happy to welcome them, but I'm not interested in world domination.

The world is full of musicians who can play great, and you wouldn't cross the road to see them. It's people who have this indefinable attitude that are the good ones.

What's so funny about peace, love, and understanding?

Going to Nashville to meet the in-laws was the first time when I'd been in America and not been seen as some sort of eccentric character with a cute accent.

I like being a big fish in a small pond. I'm not interested in a huge audience because it brings headaches.

I loved Christmas. We had a really great time. But there wasn't - it was all - you had to be happy with, you know, an orange and a couple of walnuts, you know, in your stocking.

The number of contemporary artists who appeal to me is infinitesimal.

Elvis Costello had a brand new bag. He was a musician, but he knew all about the attitude part of it.

As long as my body holds out, I'll be grooving when I'm 70, and not some sort of horrible spectacle.

Be a military flier or be in a band; those were the two hippest things I could imagine.

Faith is the force of action.

I believe that the measure of my soul is my capacity to love imperfect people.

Either I would change lives or end them. The second option is always available.

That's true that Sen. Robert Bird was in the Klan and a lot of people were friends of Robert Byrd in the U.S. Senate, Democrats and Republicans.

Being an MP feeds your vanity and starves your self- respect.

I like to prove things wrong.

The problem is not liberal politicians, its evangelical preachers.

Culture of dependency leads to a life of slavery, being totally dependent upon government. And government dictates where they go in life.

When you bump into your own mom at an orgy, it's hard not to get her to read into certain things.

Remember Judy Garland? She retired 40 times.