Think. That's what we need you to do. Think.

When I hit 11 so did the careers of Dylan and the Stones. A year later it was the Who and the Kinks.

When Michael Jackson sings it is with the voice of angels, and when his feet move, you can see God dancing.

It strikes me as being morally repulsive and intellectually absurd that people die of want in a world of surplus.

Mankind at its most desperate is often at its best

You can't trust politicians. It doesn't matter who makes a political speech. It's all lies - and it applies to any rock star who wants to make a political speech as well.

Physically I'm tired at the end of the day and quite glad to be reading in bed by midnight

And whereas women had to fight to find their way into the workforce, men are now fighting to reclaim their place in the family structure.

There is not a single extant study that supports all the arguments against men being with their children. It's absolute bollocks

Feed the world. Let them know it's Christmas time again.

It's really very simple, Governor. When people are hungry they die. So spare me your politics and tell me what you need and how you're going to get it to these people.

Live each day as if it were your last

A writer who doesn’t read is like a director who doesn’t watch movies.

You can’t save dollar by dollar to become wealthy.

The God of many men is little more than their court of appeal against the damnatory judgement passed on their failures by the opinion of the world.

In business, you're the Chief Salesman. Create a sense of demand, rather than waiting to have demand.

I tell myself I use art to promote dissent, but maybe I am just using dissent to promote my art. I plead not guilty to selling out. But I plead it from a bigger house than I used to live in.

One cannot live through a long stretch of years without forming some philosophy of life.

To me, reading a fashion magazine is the last thing I need to do. I've got books I need to read.

Study while others are sleeping; work while others are loafing; prepare while others are playing; and dream while others are wishing.

Value is the most invincible and impalpable of ghosts, and comes and goes unthought of, while the visible and dense matter remains as it was.