Man is a predatory animal, and this aspect of his nature is nowhere better suited by environment than in the world of politics.

Our raw imperfections make us real and make us human but they don't make us.

All you have to do is be able to feel.

For most of my life, I deliberately led a private life in the public eye.

All it takes is one teacher - just one - to save us from ourselves and make us forget all the others.

What honour that, But tedious waste of time, to sit and hear So many hollow compliments and lies.

Vague and nebulous is the beginning of all things, but not their end.

I've never done songs with people just for the sake of the great combination. I've always done songs with friends.

There's one thing my old man taught me and it's the best thing he taught me. It wasn't education at college or university – it was commonsense.

Instead of taking a year off, I started Dreamers of the Day exactly 36 hours after I sent the manuscript for A Thread of Grace to the publisher!

A lot of times I had some problems, but I always had the passion and the personal motivation to keep going, to keep working hard, keep fighting for the things that really motivates me. That's all.