Thoroughbred racing is really my true passion. I'm living my dream.

It's been the work that has carried me and I never wanted to rest on my laurels or go back and do what I done before.

It's not about the fame and the money because if you do good work all that stuff comes

My life has flourished in so many ways both personally and professionally that I can't ask for a better life.

I was silver-white by the time I was 35, but having grey hair makes me look washed out. My wife and son have both said that grey hair doesn't suit me because I have a boyish face.

I'm never going to retire and say, 'This is it. This is my last show.' I will not go on tour - I promised my wife and son no more than two weeks on the road.

I'm not saying that I won't tour again, but the chances are slim because my priorities are different now.

As a father, I do everything my dad didn't do. My son Beau's birth changed my life.

I'm a really good team player. That's what it takes to work in the theater. That's what it takes to work in a band with musicians and writers.

I had a lot of very religious influences - Christian religious.

I've always had a special relationship with the U.K. fans, because even when I wasn't working they were very supportive.

Forget seizing the moment. Seize the opportunity.

When people say 'marriage' to me... It's always a means to an end. Everyone's so in a rush to define the relationship.

From the stage I've seen people of all ages absolutely roaring at really good toilet humour.

An election is nothing more than the advanced auction of stolen goods.

Creativity Is a fancy word for the work we have to do by Friday.

The least flower, with brimming cup, may stand and share its dew drop with another near.

Education: free and compulsory - what a way to learn logic!

Tantric Zen is for the individual who is in love with both the finite and the infinite, who gets a kick out of this weird transitory world and at the same time, wants to step beyond it.

My smiles don't result from good things, they result in good things.

I like the idea of quietly putting music out there and seeing what it does for itself, to let it take it's own life and see if people respond to it, simply because of what it is.