Don't saddle me with your ideals, and spare me all your guilt. For a poet with all the answers, has never yet been built.

I never met a politician who didn't want to be a guitar player in a rock band. I've got the opportunity to say what I believe in.

So, in some ways, the political songs tend to be a bit more like reportage, whereas the love songs tend to be like novels, you can pick them up off the shelf and go into them any time.

Just because you're gay, I won't turn you away. If you stick around, I'm sure we can find some common ground.

Freedom is merely privilege extended, unless enjoyed by one and all.

Britain is a great country. We can more or less say what we like, and we can walk down the street without anyone trying to kill us. I know it's tough for some people, but generally we live in a caring society. We live in a great country, but we're no longer a great power. Part of the problem with some elements of the European debate is that they hanker for the days when we were a great power. Those days are gone, and they went a long time ago.

Money maketh man a tory, don't fire that assumption at me, I like toast as much as anyone but not for breakfast, dinner and tea