One more stage, one more limo, one more run for your life.

Jesus was all right, but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It's them twisting it that ruins it for me.

I believe that as soon as people want peace in the world they can have it. The trouble is they are not aware they can get it.

What Can I Tell You about Myself which You Have Not Already Found Out from Those Who Do Not Lie?

My role in society, or any artist's or poet's role, is to try and express what we all feel. Not to tell people how to feel. Not as a preacher, not as a leader, but as a reflection of us all.

I believe in what I do, and I'll say it.

The first thing we did was to proclaim our Liverpoolness to the world, and say 'It's all right to come from Liverpool and talk like this'. Before, anybody from Liverpool who made it, like Ted Ray, Tommy Handley, Arthur Askey, had to lose their accent to get on the BBC.