You've got to separate the singer and the songs.

Smell the sea and feel the sky.

The fog of illusion, the fog of confusion is hanging all over the world.

Have I told you lately that I love you, have I told you lately there's no one above you. Fill my heart with gladness, take away all my sadness, ease my troubles, that's what you do.

These are the days of the endless summer, these are the days, the time is now. There is no past, there's only future, there's only here, there's only now.

Hark, now hear the sailors cry, smell the sea, and feel the sky let your soul & spirit fly, into the mystic.

You gotta fight every day to keep mediocrity at bay.

Music is spiritual. The music business is not.

Let your soul and spirit fly.

Meet them halfway with love, peace, and persuasion, and expect them to rise for the occasion.

I think Paul McGuinness and U2 created the Irish music industry. It certainly wasn't there before that.

Talent is a gift, but character is a choice.

In the midst of compassion, we find ourselves. We discover our true purpose.

I wasn't really a work-conscious type of person. I was a player. I loved to play sports.

Everyone wants to work in America. Maybe not blockbusters or Terminator, but to have the choice.

Love is the virtue of the Heart, Sincerity is the virtue of the Mind, Decision is the virtue of the Will, Courage is the virtue of the Spirit.

When the day comes when you don’t believe in yourself there’s the door, get the hell out.

I had to cope with attitudes that were not supportive all along. I mean, you still have that.

Sanely applied advertising could remake the world.

I think escape is sort of like coming to a show with ten thousand other people and responding to that moment. Sharing that moment - that's escape.

When it comes to politics, one has to do as one at sea with a sailing ship, reach one's course having regard to prevailing winds.