Why play a chord when you can play one note?

The best songwriting comes from being as creative as you can and editing it down to the good bits, essentially.

People's musical tastes are fickle, and music can be a fashion.

There's a difference between expectations and aspirations.

I want to make music that will make the blood surge in your veins, music that will get people up and dance.

Glasgow's not a media center. When you're there, when you're hanging about, you feel quite detached from musical movements or fashions or anything like that. You do feel quite alone, in a good way.

I'd rather eat a cow-pat on a bun than a bloody McDonalds.

It doesn't matter how adventurous you want to be, you've still got to contain your identity.

Being in a band didn't buy me my beans on toast!

Traditionally, lots of vagrants and unemployable characters wind up working in kitchens.

Men behave very oddly in the company of attractive women.

In visions of the night, like dropping rain, Descend the many memories of pain

Never trust a man who sits, uninvited, at the head of the table in another man's home.

Either you make things happen or you quit.

I like to hike and cook. I enjoy furniture and design - not making it, just looking at it. I'm always kind of trying to spread my interests around and try new things.

I have a friend who says the best boyfriends are ones with intimidating, good-looking older brothers. The boyfriends try harder because they're so insecure. Maybe I'm the female equivalent.

No nation can be really great that is held together by Gatling guns, and no true loyalty can be induced and kept through fear.

Will you marry me, vile and abominable girl that you are? Yes, but, mind, it only to save my neck from being wrung!

I resent almost all of the time I spend in front of the television, but I find 'The Only Way Is Essex' absolutely riveting.

It is part of the nature of every definitive love that sooner or later it can reach the beloved only in infinity.

American imperialism has always been the imperialism that has been frightened of speaking its name. Now it's beginning to do so. In a way, it's better. We know where we kneel.