Now it's time to play a brand new game called Name That Barcode. Here's the first one: "Thick black, thin white, thick black, thick white, thick black, thin white." OK who's going to identify that?

An uncle gave me a side drum and my mother decided I should have lessons.

I used to look at these pictures of trumpeters pointing their instrument to the ceiling. Stunning pictures, but if you play the trumpet and point it upwards, all the spit comes back into your mouth!

I started on the fringes of journalism as a cartoonist on The Daily Mail.

The history of popular music is littered with great partnerships. Rodgers had his Hammerstein, Lennon had his McCartney, and Lloyd Webber had... his photocopier.

Coincidence is a wonderful thing.

The oak tree is inside the acorn seed, but the acorn seed will never become the oak tree unless it is willing to grow and develop

It is necessary, first of all, to find a correct logical starting point, one which can lead us to a natural and sound interpretation of the empirical facts.

The most evident quality of human life is its loneliness.

One night I was sitting listening to some Hank Williams songs - and they'll change your life in a hurry.

In just - Spring when the world is mud- luscious the little lame balloonman whistles far and wee

Jack Reacher is a brilliant movie

Many of the best YC companies have had phenomenally small number of employees for their first year, sometimes none besides the founders.

We should refuse to get sucked into political camps and insist on pulling the best out of all of them. That's what Jesus did - challenge the worst of each camp and pull out the best of each.

It doesn't matter what any of my teammates have said about me.

Opportunity is sometimes hard to recognize if you're only looking for a lucky break.