The Columbia accident made us realize that we had been playing Russian roulette with the shuttle crews - that we had been very, very fortunate in the past that the foam did not cause critical damage.

Having three operational vehicles in the fleet affords the shuttle program great schedule flexibility as we move toward flying safely and completing the international space station.

A quotation can often give the best advice.

In a life which has meaning in it, past and future sustain each other.

While I was travelling and I kind of had the classic realisation - that I guess most teenagers have at some point - that time's gonna run out and that's not in my power to change that.

Today, it's very tempting to create songs by cutting and pasting in the studio.

But what's the good of freedom? What can you do with it? What one wants is to live well and have a beautiful house and be respected by people.

If god exists, he is not to be believed in.

An outsider's point of view is always handy.

I'm not sure if I want to continue to work when I have kids.

I probably wrote three-quarters of the songs without an instrument in my hands.

I want to give my six hours of serious cricket on the ground and then take whatever the result.