Not for the first time in my life, and certainly not for the last, a self-righteous gloom had edged out all semblance of logic.

The natural state of the football fan is bitter disappointment, no matter what the score.

Record stores can't save your life. But they can give you a better one.

It's brilliant, being depressed; you can behave as badly as you like.

I suddenly had a little epiphany: all the books we own, both read and unread, are the fullest expression of self we have at our disposal.

I fell in love with football as I was later to fall in love with women: suddenly, inexplicably, uncritically, giving no thought to the pain or disruption it would bring with it.

For alarmingly large chunks of an average day, I am a moron.

It's a mystery of human chemistry and I don't understand it, some people, as far as their senses are concerned, just feel like home.

Hard is trying to rebuild yourself, piece by piece, with no instruction book, and no clue as to where all the important bits are supposed to go.

It's no good pretending that any relationship has a future if your record collections disagree violently or if your favorite films wouldn't even speak to each other if they met at a party.

Radio football is football reduced to its lowest common denominator.

Every single job is a challenge. You are walking into a new set, a new character, creating a world and trying to get comfortable to do your best work.

Alcohol-inspired fights are a reminder of the price we pay for our daily submission at the altars of prudence and order.

And I think belief is one of those things that comes to people in their own way. And just because I believe in something doesn't mean I think that you should.

I hate the pigeonholing that's happened in the music business in the last 30 years.

There is a stupid humility that is quite common and when a person is afflicted with it, he is once and for all disqualified for being a disciple of knowledge.

When I go into the stores, I pet the saddles. Until security comes and takes me away.

Women are my biggest defenders. It's that bad-boy syndrome. Now girls chase me.

A lot of people, when you ask if they want to read your epic poem, start bolting for the door.

It gives me a sense of tunnel vision.