"I want a song that raises the hair on the back of my neck when I sing it live and I want to feel it every time."

“Practical application is found by not looking for it, and one can say that the whole progress of civilization rests on that principle.”

Source : Jacques Hadamard (1954). “An Essay on the Psychology of Invention in the Mathematical Field”, p.124, Courier Corporation

“Why couldn't Pheidippides have died at 20 miles?”

“I was writing the Paraguay book, a Paragauyan told me that only five thousand people in Paraguay read.”

“I would be happier if it were a full audience full of drag queens. It would be my dreams come true.”

Source : Brightest Young Things Interview, brightestyoungthings.com. June 23, 2016.

“The unprepared speaker has a right to be afraid.”

“The Cul-de-Sac ( French for "dead end" ) ... is a situation where you work and work and work and nothing much changes”

“I get to work with great photographers, wear lovely clothes, be part of the creative process.”

“Film is like football - you join a team, get close to one or two people, then never hear from them again. I don't get emotionally involved. Do one, move on.”

Source : "Vinnie Jones: 'It took me 40 years to see a psychologist'". Interview with Megan Conner, www.theguardian.com. October 5, 2013.