When virtue is at liberty, so to some extent is vice.
I think I have a sense of mischief and that I can laugh at myself.
The real fans of football come from the working class. Now they cannot afford to come and watch the game.
We all have common frailties but we need to treasure friends more.
You need a particular talent only to want to please. I don't have this talent.
Children go where they find sincerity and authenticity.
When I was banned for nine months I had an opportunity to focus on something else and I needed to focus on something else. It's who I am. I admire Miles Davis and Chet Baker a lot and I like this instrument, so I tried and I learned and practised for two months. But I stopped after that.
In business, you can have one massive success that earns $50 million overnight, and that's it. You're successful. End of story. But in the music business, you have to keep on doing it.
I turned down a date once because I was looking for someone a little closer to the top of the food chain.
As the art of reading (after a certain stage in one's education) isthe art of skipping, so the art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
This Catholic thing, I think what it does is it makes a place for mystery in a person. And even when the faith goes away, there's that space where you crave something bigger than yourself. For me, that's kind of where art came in, after that.