When there's nothing left, there's always music, that's all I've ever known.

Follow your heart and chase your dreams until you catch them. Negative people who say you cant do something are only speaking for themselves

I like metal because it's complicated, technical, brutal and I like the challenge.

If you can build it, you can unbuild it

Only those willing to truly risk everything will gain everything. No person ever rose to greatness without the willingness to lose it all.

Damn it all, MacMurrough, are you telling me you are an unspeakable of the Oscar Wilde sort?’‘If you mean am I Irish, the answer is yes.

Whoever embarks with women embarks with a storm; but they are themselves the safety boats.

Charity is a cold grey loveless thing. If a rich man wants to help the poor, he should pay his taxes gladly, not dole out money at a whim.

I know he was definitely beaten by her. I saw it many times. But we had a different way of dealing with her. He'd let her have more and more booze until she passed out.

There's a fine line between information and propaganda.

Faith cannot be inherited or gained by being baptized into a Church. Faith is a matter between the individual and God.

It seems to me the structure of the Quartets is too imposed.

I, too, find the flower beautiful in its outward appearance. But a deeper beauty lies concealed within.

I like to do movies that provoke rather than reinforce conservative values.