Music is what I must do, business is what I need to do and politics is what I have to do

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.

At the end of all things, why do lovers break up? Because love is magic. You have to believe, for it to exist.

Some of the environmental lobbyists of the Western nations are the salt of the earth, but many of them are elitists.

I believe in the discipline of mastering the best that other people have ever figured out. I don't believe in just sitting down and trying to dream it all up yourself. Nobody's that smart.

Real power is creating stuff.

Can the imagination, any more than the boy, be held prisoner ?" - from the foreword to the 1976 edition of "The Painted Bird

Day in, day out. That same old voodoo follows me about.

You can drastically increase your chances for success if you try lots of things and bring the best forward.

The brilliance of Max Brooks is that he always quotes authorities at the back of his books that never existed. Like a Russian professor he made up that validates a story or character.

One of the best ways to educate our hearts is to look at our interaction with other people, because our relationships with others are fundamentally a reflection of our relationship with ourselves.

for never yet Has lover lived, but longed to wive Like them that are no more alive.