Once upon a time I was falling in love, now I'm only falling apart.

In 1983 I'd had a number one. I'd sold 6 million copies of Total Eclipse Of The Heart all over the world.

I love Tina Turner. I'm one of Tina Turner's biggest fans. Tina Turner was a big influence on me to become a singer. A role model and in a way she gave me back my confidence in choosing my material.

Fabulous place, Dublin is. The trouble is, you work hard and in Dublin you play hard as well.

So many people release albums before Christmas and they get lost in the Christmas rush.

I have never gone out of fashion. And do you know why? Because I never sought it. When you don't seek it, it's always with you.

Every time I release an album my old record company releases another one.

I've never taken drugs. My drug, I suppose, is drink. I never drink before I sing, but I do make up for it when I come off!

Every country I've had different hit records, so we have to change the set to fit the country.

You think the Welsh are friendly, but the Irish are fabulous.

We stay in U2's hotel. They bought a hotel, The Clarence, a nice place and it's in an area where everything's happening, so many fantastic restaurants and bars and the people are so friendly.

Much terror in religion is not the will of god, it is created by power hungry clerics who thirst for absolute power and claim it for god. God does not seek power, he is already powerful.

We look forward to the time when the Power of Love will replace the Love of Power. Then will our world know the blessings of peace.

A word is not filling in the gaps, but the fertilization of silence.

In the frank expression of conflicting opinions lies the greatest promise of wisdom in governmental action.

Charity itself consists in acting justly and faithfully in whatever office, business and employment a person is engaged in.

We have severely underestimated the Russians, the extent of the country and the treachery of the climate. This is the revenge of reality.

I don't actually go on the Internet that much.

Probability of human error is considerably higher than that of machine error.

Time makes you bolder, children get older. I'm getting older, too.

Sexual pessimism and hostility toward the pleasures of the flesh are a legacy from the ancient world which Christianity has preserved in a special measure to this day.