My first song was about the smog over Dublin in the 1980s, so yeah, I suppose I was always socially conscious. My first song was not a love song, it was about smog.

When we sing a song we give our soul a cuddle

I'd love to do an acoustic album alright, just on stage. That'd be nice.

The only think I like better than talking about Food is eating.

Truth has beauty power and necessity.

you must take the problem as it is, and let it be what it wants to be.

Writing is a strong easement for perplexity. My life is a map, spread out with all the rivers and hills showing.

Posthumous men-myself, for example-are not as well understood as timely ones, but we are listened to better. More precisely: we are never understood-hence our authority.

I was still too young to know that there is no such thing as love without trust. There is only obsession and co-dependence.

Our cultural dilemma has nothing to do with children who don't read very well. It lies instead in the difficulty of finding a way to restore meaning and purpose to modern life.

Farewell's a bitter word to say.

The Three Branches of Government: Money, Television, and Bullshit

I don't think about how many people are watching me. I'm just happy to play baseball for myself.