I've got to find something and if I find something that I like, I'll do it. If I don't, I won't.

The next few years are going to be horrendous in the UK. The last thing we need is a Somali pirate-style raid on the few wealth creators who still dare to navigate Britain's gale-force waters.

No matter what they tell you, no matter what they do, no matter what they teach you, what you believe is true.

What strikes me is that theres a very fine line between success and failure. Just one ingredient can make the difference.

People in Britain always think of 'Jesus Christ Superstar' as a musical - it wasn't.

I often think of random melodies. And I pretty much hear in my head what I want to do with the orchestra as I'm writing on the piano.

As a composer at a point where I can absolutely pick and choose what I want to do, I don't want to write about anybody I don't care about.

Love can make a summer fly, or a night seem like a lifetime.

Surely, you go to the theater because you want to have a great evening in the theater.

I knew nothing about film at all. I suppose the biggest surprise is all these things. In the theatre we sort of do, I might do two or three key interviews and that would be it.

No more memories, no more silent tears. No more gazing across the wasted years. Help me say goodbye.

Your ability to overcome distractions will determine how long you can stay in solitude.

Those that cannot produce ideas often speak with the old proverbs!

You loan your friend money. You see them again, they don't say nothin' 'bout the money. 'Hi, how ya doin'? How's ya mama doing?' Man, how's my money doin'?

The history of modern culture is a history of popular entertainments evolving into art.

Fashions are the only induced epidemics, proving that epidemics can be induced by tradesmen.

Any misfortune that happens to another person is funny. If it happens to someone else and not me, it's very funny.

David Bowie, for me, was the butchest guy in town. Jagger was like a truck driver.

My work about corruption is to get people to see it less as a moral issue (right/wrong) and more as an economic issue (economies of influence and their effect).

Be brave, be bold and above all be honest, some people will hate you and some will love you but they will all see the real you

A MAN FEARED A man feared that he might find an assassin; Another that he might find a victim. One was more wise than the other.