Authority is supposedly grounded in wisdom, but I could see from a very early age that authority was only a system of control and it didn’t have any inherent wisdom. I quickly realised that you either became a power or you were crushed.
Anybody who makes speeches written by someone else is just a robot.
There is a time to dance to techno and a time not to.
Nonsmokers should be banned from buying any product a smoker created.
All hippies around now just represent complete apathy.
There isn’t a town in the world I haven’t run amok in.
I’m kind of like one of those people that picks up small and interesting bits of wood and doesn’t want to let go of them. Or, you know, I’m fascinated with the wrapper on a sardine can. A little cuckoo.
The only place I considered home was the boarding school, in Yorkshire, my parents sent me to.
We aren’t particularly talented. We try harder!
There is nothing more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
I think we’re going to have to forget about the radio and just go back to word of mouth.
The hippy movement was a failure.
My motto is, ‘What’s the hurry?’ I’m trying to get it across to the modern world that we need to sit around and think a little bit more.
You’ve gotta be slightly stupid.
I want to grow up with my audience. I don’t expect to be getting through to the younger pop crowd. I learned that from Paul Simon.
I like to just feel how I feel and not worry about it really.
I like to read because it’s the opposite of being on the go. Reading is the perfect antidote.
If you ain’t thinkin about man and God and law, then you ain’t thinkin about nothin’.
For me the music is a vehicle for my lyrics. It’s a chance to get some really good words across.
Yeah, all those things, responsibility, pressure. It’s a bit stressful. I try and come to terms with it by not thinking about it.
A lot of the time I’m semi-insane, but there is a slight bit of intelligence there.