You can't fall in love after 40; you know so much about life that you can't get fooled anymore.

A good quote is worth a thousand words.

If you find someone attractive, you try to make them find you attractive. That is called seduction. And seduction is a bit ugly. You could say it's a bit ugly to use your charisma.

It's not fair that the accused is not protected from adverse publicity whilst the accuser is guaranteed anonymity, whatever the verdict.

I've always liked people who know me to like me, because I think I'm quite likeable. But people who make up their minds based on the image in the papers or a voice on a pop record? They're idiots.

Prison opened my eyes to so many things. It was a great time. I met interesting people. I got to understand the behaviour of the police and the media. I am an observer of the human race.

My YouTube videos have literally millions of views... Yet I'm still airbrushed out of the BBC Stalinist revision of history; the chart shows have been instructed not to play my music!

I was sad Jon Ronson, who wrote in the Guardian and has made a TV show for Channel 4, took against me.

I lead my life as normal.

I have lots of friends. I mix with all sorts of people, of all generations.

I believe in pursuing my own morality. That is all I have ever stuck by. It is my own morality that really matters.

If you are rude, cynical, habitually-sarcastic or pessimistic, your life options are going to be very limited.

Every morning I spend fifteen minutes filling my mind full of God and so there's no room left for worry thoughts.

I finished a big book the other day. 421 pages. That's a lot of coloring when you think about it.

I talk to people who are musicians, and they go, Oh this is hell. And I go, Are you kidding me? You never put tar paper on a roof, did ya?

The only ones who can really benefit by consulting the model are those who can produce their effect without a model.

A good first impression can work wonders

...The key to playing with any group is you listen all the time and you listen more than you play.

Take your diamonds and throw em up like you're bulimic. Yeah, the beat cold, but the flow is anemic.

My dad was a soul fan and a singer himself, and he loved vocal harmony, stuff like the Beach Boys and Motown like the Four Tops, which was a big influence on me.

I honestly have no idea what's going on anymore. I just need to find something I can hit. (Shaun Mason)