Irish Americans are no more Irish than Black Americans are Africans.

When I hit 11 so did the careers of Dylan and the Stones. A year later it was the Who and the Kinks.

When Michael Jackson sings it is with the voice of angels, and when his feet move, you can see God dancing.

It strikes me as being morally repulsive and intellectually absurd that people die of want in a world of surplus.

Mankind at its most desperate is often at its best

You can't trust politicians. It doesn't matter who makes a political speech. It's all lies - and it applies to any rock star who wants to make a political speech as well.

Physically I'm tired at the end of the day and quite glad to be reading in bed by midnight

And whereas women had to fight to find their way into the workforce, men are now fighting to reclaim their place in the family structure.

There is not a single extant study that supports all the arguments against men being with their children. It's absolute bollocks

Feed the world. Let them know it's Christmas time again.

It's really very simple, Governor. When people are hungry they die. So spare me your politics and tell me what you need and how you're going to get it to these people.

For each person I lost I found a new layer of grief to cover myself with, and each time I tried to bring something of their essence into my own being - be it unconditional love, kindness and piety.

We should not let a day go by without thanking God for His mercy and grace to us in Jesus Christ.

Being Necessary is food no less than cabbages and strawberry pies.

Try to keep your soul young and quivering right up to old age.

Life is not to be told, call it as loud as you like, it will not tell itself.

I'm putting on a suit and tie when I go see The Great Gatsby.

By the time I recognize this moment, this moment will be gone. . . But I will bend the light, pretend that it somehow lingered on

I had to trust life and believe that life loved the person who dared to live it.

When you go to work, if your name is on the building, you're rich. If your name is on your desk, you're middle class. And if your name is on your shirt, you're poor.

When you feel your life's too hard, just go have a talk with God. Well, he's the only free psychiatrist that's known throughout the world.