Will there be any bartenders up there in Heaven, will the pubs never close?

Every day I'll wear your memory like a favorite shirt upon my back

I'm glad there are a lot of guitar players pursuing technique as diligently as they possibly can, because it leaves this whole other area open to people like me.

To stand up on a stage alone with an acoustic guitar requires bravery bordering on heroism. Bordering on insanity.

What I wanted to hear didn't exist, so it was necessary for me to go out and create it.

When you stand up acoustic in front of an audience, you really are a man without any clothes on. And that can be fun - it depends how much of an exhibitionist you are, I suppose. I quite enjoy it.

All audiences should be slightly off balance.

The best thing you've got going for you is individuality.

Amplifying acoustic instruments more than a little is really cheating, and everything becomes a compromise.

I have to remind myself not to set boundaries.

The thing I do, really, is a communication with audiences more than any achievement through records.

If your only tool is a hammer then every problem looks like a nail.

Religion is like drugs, it destroys the thinking mind.

Because the path of the righteous man was never supposed to be easy,' I whispered. 'Those who are chosen by the Lord are given a hard journey. The rewards will come later.

Moderation, honey, in all things but love and chocolate. That's my motto.

I'm conservative on some issues, and I'm progressive on others.

I really believe that readers are smart and sophisticated enough to realize that the author is not the narrator of his novels.

Surround yourself with supportive people. All the negative people, man you have to push them aside.

Our initial assessment is that they will all die.

EastEnders' keeps me so busy - that is where I'm at and I can't see that changing too soon. There's nothing that has quite got the punch of an 'EastEnders' script.