My health is good and it's up to me to keep it that way.

I'm not someone who dwells upon past events, taking the view that life is too short

Courage is a peculiar kind of fear.

My idealism has not abated, but I have witnessed it withering away nationwide, to the point where at least among the young, to have ideals is akin to being blinkered and oldfashioned.

Music and politics are in essence about communication. Without over-stretching the analogy I do feel a sense of rhythm is important in getting your message across.

There are hard choices to be made in balancing the country's security and an individual's liberties. But it is a choice that has to be faced.

There stands no contradiction between giving voice to legitimate anxiety and at the same time, as and when exchange of fire commences, looking to the rest of the country, as well as all of us in the House, to give full moral support to our forces.