It's hard to write any good song. It seems more rewarding, or maybe just easier, to write sad ones.

I don't think anyone wants to do the same thing over and over again.

My songs, well, they are sad, but in all of them the person singing them - me or whoever - is actually still trying and hasn't given up yet.

I think one of the best things you can do is write really sad songs that touch some semblance of... I guess 'hope' is the right word?

I don't really need to appeal to some stockbroker, and I always sort of root for the underdog. I probably consider all that when I'm writing, but it's not in the forefront of my brain.

I think you just have to have some rapport with the song.

As a producer you can be more objective about the songs because you didn't write them.

I don't like to think about stuff that's boring.

In music, you learn a lot of things when you don't know what you're doing.

To me, the failure of liberalism - the tradition I come from - was not recognizing there has to be justice across the generations.

I knew always that Holland gave away the most Jews of all the countries. We are not the heroes that are in the history books.

Herman Cain has moved ahead of Mitt Romney. Can you believe that? Political analysts say this is because Americans don't understand Mormonism but they do understand pizza.

Beloved friends and comrades... the national Libertarian Party is dead.

Each one of us should lead a life stirring enough to start a movement.

Close scrutiny will show that most of these everyday socalled “crisis situations” are not life-or-death matters at all, but opportunities to either advance, or stay where you are.

The question 'Who am I?' is not an idle one. How you answer the question will determine how you live the rest of your life. It will determine the quality of your life.

There's more chance of me flying Concorde to the moon blindfolded than there is of you taking Wales to the World Cup.

There's no suggestion of why people might have voted for [Donald] Trump.

I love clothes but I have spent so much of my professional life creating an image of one kind or another that it is nice not to care about it in life and let your skin breathe.