The way it works in our family is, it's the family business. Much like in the Mafia. Every child is given the opportunity to act at a young age and to learn what it's like to be in the business.

If we can keep ourselves from interfering with the natural laws of life, mistakes can be our child's finest teachers.

Just because I'm no jaw clacker doesn't mean there should be a ruction put up whenever I have sommat to say.

If you would be loved love and be lovable.

Every nation has its war party... It is commercial, imperialistic, ruthless. It tolerates no opposition.

I went to four different proms in high school. I was addicted to the whole ballroom thing.

I look at what the phone company does and do the opposite.

The nature of language may determine what most people say, but I always speak my own meaning.

The world's perverse, but it could be worse.

I wasn't good with authority, went to lots of schools, didn't like the fact that there was no autonomy.

While growing up in Birmingham around a lot of West Indian people, reggae and calypso were big influences early on but Otis Redding was the one person who made me wanna sing myself.