I rate Morrissey as one of the best lyricists in Britain. For me he's up there with Bryan Ferry.

The best books for a man are not always those which the wise recommend but often those which meet the peculiar wants the natural thirst of his mind and therefore awaken interest and rivet thought.

There is a Japanese proverb that literally goes 'Raise the sail with your stronger hand ' meaning you must go after the opportunities that arise in life that you are best equipped to do.

You know it's going to hell when the best rapper out there is white and the best golfer is black.

Experience is the best teacher of all. And for that there are no guarantees that one will become an artist. Only the journey matters.

Remember you will not always win. Some days the most resourceful individual will taste defeat. But there is in this case always tomorrow - after you have done your best to achieve success today.

Compassion has no place in the natural order of the world which operates on the basis of necessity. Compassion opposes this order and is therefore best thought of as being in some way supernatural.

My stay-married secret would probably be exercising good communication not when you have to but all the time. I think if you do that you kinda just cleanse the situations so there's not build up. I think that's probably the best way to do it.

Real education should consist of drawing the goodness and the best out of our own students. What better books can there be than the book of humanity?

I've always believed that there are funny people everywhere but they're just not comedians. In fact some of my best comedic inspirations were not professional entertainers.