That's what I'm about -- getting engaged. Too many people don't wade in the mud with the politicians.

I try and write honestly about what I see around me now.

Freedom is merely privilege extended, unless enjoyed by one and all.

I've had songs written during the Falklands war, and during the first Gulf war I got letters from soldiers saying they were listening to these songs, like Island of no return.

I'm still batting away on my politics for the Labour Party. I'm much further to the left of them than I used to be, but that's because they've moved, not me.

You can experience a download, but you can't download an experience.

War what is it good for? It's good for business.

A virtue never tested is no virtue at all.

If there is a single trait in our character that has historically set us apart from other nations, it is our determination to limit the authority of those who rule over us.

What corporations fear most are consumers who ask questions. Naomi Klein offers us the arguments with which to take on the superbrands.

Mixing pop and politics he asks me what the use is / I offer him embarrassment and my usual excuses.

Only you are responsible for your life and for your life and making it a happy life

Power does not corrupt

This is one of those things that you can never explain to anyone

If my phrases shock the reader, that only shows it is high time he or she was shocked.

There's nothing like doing something wrong to learn how it might be done better.

I have written two nonfiction books, I'm embarrassed to say.

God will never help us be anyone other than ourselves.

I know it sounds hard to believe, but habits laid down by our ancestors persist even after the conditions that created those habits have gone away.

A soldier when aged is not appreciated; the love of an old man sickens.

Cheryl Cole got malaria...well I guess that answers the question what do you give someone who has everything