I would not rule out going to Israel because I disapprove of the foreign policy any more than I would refuse to play in the UK because I disapprove of Tony Blair's foreign policy.

Long you live and high you fly. And smiles you'll give and tears you'll cry. And all you touch and all you see is all your life will ever be.

ashes or diamonds foe or friend we're all equal in the end

I'm in competition with myself and I'm losing.

All you touch and all you see is all your life will ever be.

There is no dark side of the moon really. Matter of fact it's all dark.

Each small candle lights a corner of the dark.

You take the risk of being rejected. If you have pretentions to be an artist of any kind, you have to take the risk of people rejecting you and thinking you're an arsehole.

How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?

This is how you control your domestic population - by making people afraid and by identifying an enemy.

You run and you run to catch up to the sun but it's sinking, racing around to come up behind you again.

Wilted or in bloom, taking or lending daylight, the world transitions.

When I was young, my mom realized I could dance and hold a beat, and I really danced just for fun. It was good exercise.

I hold it truth, with him who sings To one clear harp in divers tones, That men may rise on stepping-stones Of their dead selves to higher things.

To protect the sheep, you gotta catch the wolf. And it takes a wolf to catch a wolf, you understand?

Life ,for eternal us,is now

I feel a lot more comfortable on stage in the theatre. It just reminds me of being a kid and doing pantomimes.

I've never been asked to do a collaboration. I guess I just don't give off that come-and-get-me vibe. I wouldn't be adverse to doing one with Coldplay or U2 - anyone who sells 50 million albums.

The problem with death is absence

It's most presumptuous to believe we already know all the answers and will never get any more big surprises.

Out of all the things about me that could frighten you, you worry about my driving.