You can't trust politicians. It doesn't matter who makes a political speech. It's all lies - and it applies to any rock star who wants to make a political speech as well.

When I hit 11 so did the careers of Dylan and the Stones. A year later it was the Who and the Kinks.

When Michael Jackson sings it is with the voice of angels, and when his feet move, you can see God dancing.

It strikes me as being morally repulsive and intellectually absurd that people die of want in a world of surplus.

Mankind at its most desperate is often at its best

Physically I'm tired at the end of the day and quite glad to be reading in bed by midnight

And whereas women had to fight to find their way into the workforce, men are now fighting to reclaim their place in the family structure.

There is not a single extant study that supports all the arguments against men being with their children. It's absolute bollocks

Feed the world. Let them know it's Christmas time again.

It's really very simple, Governor. When people are hungry they die. So spare me your politics and tell me what you need and how you're going to get it to these people.

Irish Americans are no more Irish than Black Americans are Africans.

We need to maintain an awareness of our awareness, of what we are paying attention to, in order to discriminate between higher and lower forms of love.

I have patience in all things – as far as the antechamber.

What you focus upon, is what exists in your reality.

I had my freedom and that was nice.

I was blessed with a long career where I won gold medals for myself and my country. Nothing stands out as a disappointment.

I measure my success by how happy I am, not how big the business is or how much money I've made.

At some future day it will be proved, I cannot say when and where, that the human soul is, while in earth life, already in an uninterrupted communication with those living in another world.

What I want to achieve, what I have been striving and pining for these thirty years, is self-realization, that is, to see God face to face.

Suffering is the greatest treasure on earth; it purifies the soul. In suffering, we learn who our true friend is.

Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare.