One of the great things about being in a band is that you meet so many other musicians who will turn you on to stuff you would never have otherwise found out about.

I have the longing that all writers have for new ears to pour my words into.

I remember the period in the 1980s where the Beatles were terminally uncool, and it seemed to me then like they were just my little secret, and the rest of the world didn't know anything about them.

I do like that idea that music can work on two levels, and you only pick up on the second one after a few listens.

Folk songs in general, I like. The old spooky Scottish folk songs.

There must be more than male benevolence as the basis for a woman's well-being.

Each bump or challenge in our intimate connections offers us a perfect opportunity to deepen our level of intimacy, while allowing us to grow and evolve both individually and together.

Anything that breaks silence is music...!

Focus on the highest, clearest, and most meaningful teaching you can find, and let all else go.

I have picked up on the terminology of Brother Lawrence, who called praying unceasingly practicing God's presence. In fact, practicing God's presence has been my number one goal for the last year

Written kisses never arrive at their destination; the ghosts drink them up along the way.

I write novellas because I don't like loose sprawling prose.

When uncle Eddie does his impression of 'Like a Virgin' it's like Madonna is coming out of his body!' Christ what an image.

Winter solitude- in a world of one colour the sound of the wind.

Any time you're trying to do a movie with a happy ending, it's very difficult because it's been done before and you don't want to be manipulative.