Yes, you need substance in politics - but I think your style also says something about how you arrive at some of your conclusions.

To run an effective political party you need a degree of tribalism, it's the glue that holds everyone together.

Courage is a peculiar kind of fear.

The quicker we get rid of the lobby system the better for all of us. I don't think in this day and age it is tenable to have these nods and winks, and on-the-record and off-the-record briefings.

Immigrants provide skills that we simply cannot afford to do without. They have contributed hugely to Britain's success.

Three simple words - freedom, justice and honesty. These sum up what the Liberal Democrats stand for.

Paddy Ashdown is the only party leader who's a trained killer. Although, to be fair, Mrs Thatcher was self taught.

We should have high expectations of our children, but politicians should not tell teachers how to meet them.

My favourite novel is Frederick Forsythe's Day Of The Jackal, the story about the unproven case of this apparent Englishman who was hired to assassinate De Gaulle….

Music and politics are in essence about communication. Without over-stretching the analogy I do feel a sense of rhythm is important in getting your message across.

The one thing we can all be sure about in politics is you are as well to expect the unexpected.

The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope.

You would be much amused with the animals round the ranch.

In the future, everybody will be world famous for fifteen minutes.

No one is more sentimentalized in America than mothers on Mother's Day, but no one is more often blamed for the culture's bad people and behavior.

When you love someone, you shouldn't feel that they should love in return. You have to give people freedom.

I think a lot of the Mothers stuff that we recorded was written while we were on the road.

I've never really had a desk job, but I've died one day at a time all over the place.

Three simple words can describe the nature of the social revolution that is talking place and what Negroes really want. They are the words "all," "now," and "here."

I love that vinyl is actually growing in popularity, and that there are so many great record stores.

A library's ideal function is to be a little bit like a bouquiniste's stall, a place for trouvailles.