If you live in Birmingham, then being awake is not necessarily a desirable state.

This is Manchester, we do things differently here.

I’ll just say one word: Icarus. If you get it, great. If you don’t, that’s fine too. But you should probably read more.

When forced to pick between truth and legend, print the legend.

Jazz is the last refuge of the untalented. Jazz musicians enjoy themselves more than anyone listening to them does.

Nothing useless can be truly beautiful.

Every band needs it's own special chemistry. And Bez was a very good chemist.

I'm a minor player in my own life story.

There is no celebrity quite as powerful as the local, homegrown celebrity.

Energy, energy? Energy is, is, it's nothing more than a lot of new age hokum masquerading as religion.

I am not a piece of hash. I'm in charge of Factory Records. I think.

I'd run. But maybe you can't run. Think of that, too.' His yellow eyes seemed to look inward, and he sounded tired. 'Sometimes you can't run.

The colour of the water seems to be the colour of the glass into which it has been poured'.

It's hard not being able to see you, but my life in Tokyo would be a lot worse if it weren't for you.

Technology is, of course, a double edged sword. Fire can cook our food but also burn us.

The Bible is one story that unfolds in one book, by one author, about one subject. A story that moves from promise to fulfillment.

No matter how wild the winds or rough the seas of life, libraries stand ready, beaming their reliable lights, guiding us toward knowledge, pleasure, consolation, wisdom, and hope.

If you want to assert a truth, first make sure it's not just an opinion that you desperately want to be true.

Part of being optimistic is keeping one's head pointed toward the sun, one's feet moving forward.

If you don't know what color to take, take black.

My father taught me that only through self-discipline can you achieve freedom. Pour water in a cup and you can drink; without the cup, the water would splash all over. The cup is discipline.