There was an expression of intensity in dance that was so compelling to me that I wanted a piece of that action.
Television is simultaneously blamed, often by the same people, for worsening the world and for being powerless to change it.
I actually didn't like that feeling of being out of touch because what I do depends on being in touch. But it's fun to talk about. That's one of the real dangers of drugs: they're too much fun to talk about.
The inevitable effect of a biographer's hindsight is to belittle the subject's foresight.
In Italy, for the same price as a typical British hamburger meal including sweet, a builder's labourer could eat like a king - rather better in fact, because pasta dishes gain from being kept simple.
I was a big pothead for a short period. That was what ticked me off that I shouldn't go near hard drugs, actually, because I would consume the stuff as if it was going out of style and it rapidly occurred to me that if I ever tried a hard drug, the same thing would happen, so I never did.
They had a. . . dog called Bluey. A know psychopath, Bluey would attack himself if nothing else was available.
Let this be your wall of brass, to have nothing on your conscience, no guilt to make you turn pale.
People try to make a big deal, like I don't want to play my old songs. That's not it. I don't want to play my old songs if that's my only option. That's a different thing.
Luck is great, but most of life is hard work.
First something is a great idea, then it becomes a cause, then it becomes a business and finally it becomes a racket.