"By the margin of fair Zurich's waters Dwelt a youth, whose fond heart, night and day, For the fairest of fair Zurich's daughters In a dream of love melted away."

“You have to persuade yourself that you absolutely don't care what happens. If you don't care, you've won. I absolutely promise you, in every serious negotiation, the man or woman who doesn't care is going to win.”

“There was always a lot of American music in England until, obviously when the Beatles came around, then there was a shift towards English music, but before then American music was the main thing.”

Source : Interview with Jim Ladd, queenarchives.com. 1977.

“He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint; that boasteth of it, is a devil.”

Source : Thomas Fuller (1831). “The Holy and Profane States: With Some Account of the Author and His Writings”, p.156

“At the end of the day, even if my part is a bit goofy, the key thing is that I'm doing what I love to do, and that's to make people laugh.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“People don't do right because of the fear of God or love of him. You do right because the world doesn't make sense if you don't.”

“Don't wait. The time will never be just right.”

“It would be so nice to write songs that end up being timeless.”

Source : "Random Rules: Albert Hammond Jr". Interview with Noel Murray, music.avclub.com. May 8, 2007.

“I've always had a fantasy to write a cookbook, because everyone wants to know what a model eats.”