If we accuse Trump of being a liar, he won't just say 'I never said that' or just ignore it and go on to the next thing.

I'd like to think that in a generation or two we'll have politicians whose life experience reflects that of the people who are voting for them.

I've had songs written during the Falklands war, and during the first Gulf war I got letters from soldiers saying they were listening to these songs, like Island of no return.

You have to recognise your responsibility to your community for your actions. Liberty doesn't mean that you are not held accountable. Without accountability, there can be no freedom. I know it seems like a paradox.

By the time I was 19, punk had occurred. It had a completely different cultural dynamic to it which rejected everything and started again from the year zero.

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.

If there is a single trait in our character that has historically set us apart from other nations, it is our determination to limit the authority of those who rule over us.