"The whole object of my life has been to inculcate into Cornish people a sense of their Cornishness."

“I guess I'm fortunate that I'm still around and I emphasize 'I guess', because you never can tell what musicians would be playing had they been around as long as I have.”

“The orgy of thieving in Iraq has more to do with the character of the people than the absence of restraining troops. And to think that good, decent, law-abiding young British and American men and women laid down their lives to liberate this thieving mob.”

Source : The Sunday Express, May 04, 2003.

“I think if I wasn't in very high level, I never will be in the team. Cause I was high, in very high level.”

“People tend to forget that we tie our life history to music like the soundtrack to your life in many more ways than just having a hit record on the radio.”

“I’m a bowling pin, even when I fall I’ll always stand back up.”

“I want to talk about the internet, the impact it is having on the innocence of our children, how online ***** is corroding childhood and how, in the darkest corners of the internet, there are things going on that are a direct danger to our children, and that must be stamped out.”

“When I go out and race, I'm not trying to beat opponents, I'm trying to beat what I have done ... to beat myself, basically. People find that hard to believe because we've had such a bias to always strive to win things. If you win something and you haven't put everything into it, you haven't actually achieved anything at all. When you've had to work hard for something and you've got the best you can out of yourself on that given day, that's where you get satisfaction from.”

“If you have a song that you think sounds like another song you should contact the publishing company and say I have a song here, let's cut a deal that lets everyone walk away feeling good.”