In no way am I supporting or suggesting that a Conservative government is a good thing, far from it.

I'm not a religious person but I do like the idea of Sunday as a day set apart from the rest of the week. It's nice to have a period of reflection and have time to think about things.

The things in my songs are the edited highlights of my life. I don't go seeking out strange sexual experiences every day of the week.

Its OK to grow up, just as long as you don't grow old. Face it you are young.

I'm always amazed by people who blog all the time and tweet all the time, and still get things done. I don't know how they do it.

I don't really care what someone's background is; creativity can come from any background.

We've always been a bit out of touch with reality.

You don't often hear people say, 'Oh, since he's been taking them drugs, he's such a nice person! He's really come out of his shell, he's really nice, he's blossomed'.

I appreciate people who try and use language in an interesting way.

It's good that I managed to hoodwink so many people. I am actually not that nice a person.

Part of why I started a band was due to feelings of shyness and social ineptitude. I saw it as some way of being able to interact with people from a safe distance.

[W]hen trying to understand the character of the modern mind, it is impossible to separate the effects of genes and the developmental environment.

Love is love is love is love is love is love is love is love, cannot be killed or swept aside.

Personal relationships are always the key to good business. You can buy networking you can't buy friendships.

Once man's connection to the divine is denied, you can reason yourself from here to anywhere.

Some might say we lose ourselves in a good book. In truth, we find ourselves.

The determined scholar and the man of virtue will not seek to live at the expense of injuring their virtue. They will even sacrifice their lives to preserve their virtue complete.

You are wind in a stark tree, you are the stark tree unbent, you are a strung bow, you are an arrow.

I have very fond memories of my childhood in Afghanistan, largely because my memories, unlike those of the current generation of Afghans, are untainted by the spectre of war, landmines, and famine.

My music comes from country music. Merle Haggard is God, and I do believe that. I'm not too tuned in to country music. I don't know who Brooks and Dunn are. I like Shania Twain, though!

A heavenly awe overshadowed and encompassed, as it still ought, and must, all earthly business whatsoever.