The British press isn't as vicious as it used to be, and these days it's sort of cool to care again. Everyone loves an everyman anthem.

Just start scribbling. The first draft is never your last draft. Nothing you write is by accident.

I usually tell somebody if a song’s for them. I don’t always tell them if it’s about them.

As long as people are listening that's all that matters.

I'm not David Bowie. Who are we kidding? At the end of the day, I'm the same person I've always been. I'm Don Garvey's son from up the road.

Maybe Radiohead and R.E.M. Even a group like the National - artists who have crossed over without compromising. It's a special thing.

We [Elbow] have had some luck with media syncs in film and on TV. We'd love to do a soundtrack with a really cool director.

"Open Arms" has a lot of unison singing in it. And it works: Grown men will come to our gigs and cry during that one.

Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written.

There is a difference between right and wrong, always was and always will be, but each man's wrong and each man's right are different.

Death, you know, keeps secrets better even than a guilty Roman.

Time waits for no man, but progress waits for man to inact it.

What one skill, if you developed it, could have the greatest positive impact on your career? This is the key to your future.

That's what friends are for. The people who aren't in your life 'cause they're related, or hot for you. They just love you.

If you're afraid - don't do it, - if you're doing it - don't be afraid!

It is our duty to do all we can to introduce every generation to Christ.

I've made more cuts than any governor has ever made.

God owns all the wealth in the world!