War, I thought, was the most negative aspect of male heterosexuality. If more men were homosexual, there would be no wars, because homosexual men would never kill other men, whereas heterosexual men love killing other men.

One can have great concern for the people of Ethiopia, but it's another thing to inflict daily torture on the people of England.

To me you are a work of art, and I would give you my heart - that's if I had one.

We hate it when our friends become successful.

Bring me the head of Elton John . . . which is one instance in which meat would not be murder, if it were served on a plate.

I find that it isn't wise to attempt to judge people on their public persona, and even on the music they make. Because I've met so many people whose music I cannot stand, and they're very nice. At the same time, I've met people whose music I've loved, and they're not the person you've invested all this emotion in.

My family, although they're very large on both my parents' sides, they don't know much about their family tree. Occasionally, they try to dig, but they can't get very far, and it's baffling. In Dublin, it seems that so many public records were wiped out; it's proven to be very difficult, so I know very little.