It's weird, man. I've had a weird life, and I don't want to end up on the dole. I'm fed up with the plumbing. And I think it would be good to be a little pop star again.

I don't think I even knew how big we were at the time. It was mad. I gained a lot through East 17 and I'm grateful for being able to have that experience.

I've done 12 in one night, you know what I mean - loads of them... Really, in the long run, it's a safe pill and it ain't doing you no harm. I don't see the problem.

We were the rebels of the music industry so we wanted to write a rebellious song.

A kingdom established on hatred is a function of denial of God

Sometimes we look back and 10 years from now we think, 'Boy, those were great old days.' Well, you know, we're living in the good old days.

It is odd how, when you have a secret belief of your own which you do not wish to acknowledge, the voicing of it by someone else will rouse you to a fury of denial.

So many of my staff is young enough that they're going to do amazing things. And I'm going to be helping them try to do them.

My emotional investment is in finding truth. If string theory is wrong, I'd like to have known that yesterday. But if we can show it today or tomorrow, fantastic.

I have a bad back partially from playing the drums and singing. I used to have to hold my body in such a position that my spine got out of alignment.

But Tolkien doesn't ask the question: What was Aragorn's tax policy?

I've got nothing against daylight. I don't live totally nocturnally. Only when I feel like it. Which is most of the time.

Good advice is a wise man's friend, of course; but sometimes it just flies on past, and all you can do is wave.

You're literally sized up with measuring tape as a 13- or 14-year-old girl. I wanted to opt out of that experience.