You think that religion is a thing that is there to help you and to see you through life, and then you wake up one morning and find the entire Irish situation, the civil war thats based on religion.

But the guitar is my favorite, first and foremost instrument.

I start with the subject matter I want to write about. Then I make a musical base for that and create an atmosphere with the music. Once I've done that, the lyrics come last.

In the music industry, you meet some not very nice people, some very strange characters.

Who designed this world we live in?

Concentration is a powerful force, it is the mark of seriousness that attracts certain energies to complete your half-done work.

Had a big trial. It was like an Errol Flynn movie.

I know many sports fans that don't enjoy soccer. The argument is that there's no action, not enough of it.

When I direct I try to keep it a unique design of my own. Naturally you're influenced.

When Christ came into the world, peace was sung; and when He went out of the world, peace was bequeathed.

The definition of success to me is not necessarily a price tag, not fame, but having a good life, and being able to say I did the right thing at the end of the day.

I declare that I am a bachelor.

Intelligent or not, we all make mistakes and perhaps the intelligent mistakes are the worst, because so much careful thought has gone into them.

I hate even the idea of a synopsis. When stories are really working, when you're providing subtextual exploration and things that are deeply layered, you're obligated to not say things out loud.

Vanity is so constantly solicitous of self, that even where its own claims are not interested, it indirectly seeks the aliment which it loves, by showing how little is deserved by others.