"Frequent friction when love becomes political."

“Does your uncle need anything? A coffee? A latte?” “He needs someone to bear his illegitimate child if you’re interested”

“All that's left now is purely poetic work, putting more life into individual places, as I've made so sure of the fundamental mood and dimension of expression that it won't leave me groping around in uncertainty any more.”

“Love works in miracles every day: such as weakening the strong, and stretching the weak; making fools of the wise, and wise men of fools; favouring the passions, destroying reason, and in a word, turning everything topsy-turvy.”

“Every few years, I go back into all the songs and I update them so that it never sounds like an oldies show. If you come to the shows, they're full of muscle. 'Copacabana' sounds like it could have been released yesterday.”

“When lies have been accepted for some time, the truth always astounds with an air of novelty.”

“Economy is the thief of time.”

“On the subject of love at first sight, I’m with the Beatles: I believe that it happens all the time.”

“Cats are independent, by which I mean smart.”