The history of pop is a progression of underground styles going mainstream, so there's nothing unusual about the White Stripes or Franz Ferdinand selling records.

My criticism hasn't necessarily been informed by the critics I've read. The conversations I've had with friends and fellow musicians have shaped my thinking more than the work of any critic.

Meryl Streep, despite not being a Prime Minister, is reasonably convincing in 'The Iron Lady.'

I was happiest, frankly, when I had a day job and then I went and was in my band that I never, ever had dreams of making money, ever.

The only time I made money was when I licensed my own solo guitar record, which sold maybe seven copies.

I don't look on poetry as closed works. I feel they're going on all the time in my head and I occasionally snip off a length.

The main environmental challenge of the 21st century is poverty. When you don't know where your next meal is coming from, it's hard to consider the environment 100 years down the line.

I choose to love this time for once with all my intelligence -from "Splittings

Be fearless in your choices and don't be afraid to be yourself!

I publish six books a year now, which is very exciting. But it keeps me into my typewriter at all times! Now that my children have grown up, I'm with my typewriter 20 hours a day.

Man is more sensitive to the contempt of others than to self-contempt.

I'd like to be a president [known] as somebody who liberated 50 million people and helped achieve peace.

A story is not something of this world. A real story requires a kind of magical baptism to link the world on this side with the world on the other side.

We should learn from children not to hold grudges. Children often fight when they play together but they quickly make up and their fights don't deteriorate into bitter feuds.

Just because food is served fast doesn't mean it has to be made with cheap raw ingredients, highly processed with preservatives and fillers and stabilizers and artificial colors and flavors.