Since I was seventeen I thought I might be a star. I'd think about all my heroes, Charlie Parker, Jimi Hendrix... I had a romantic feeling about how these people became famous.
When I wasn't famous, I had a lot of friends, almost all of them Italian. The racism only started when I started to play football.
All that I am I owe to Jesus Christ, revealed to me in His divine Book.
I had learned of Gertrude Stein's bon mot that medicine opened all doors. This prompted me, in different moods, to view my future life as literary psychiatrist, globe-trotting tropical disease specialist, or academic internist.
We need two kinds of acquaintances, one to complain to, while to the others we boast.
You've got to listen to the universe, to life, to God, whatever you want to call it. Because its going to speak to you.
I would probably work with Drake as he is massively inspirational to me as a writer as well as an artist. If not him, then Susan Boyle!
Indeed, the most important product of knowledge is ignorance.
They taught us because they wanted to pass the knowledge on and educate young musicians. It was not because they had to teach because they failed as musicians. There is a huge difference in the reasons why someone is teaching and what they can offer ...
The test of leadership for David Cameron was actually to bring the British Conservative Party back in to the mainstream.
I believe there are two periods in life, one for the bike, the other for becoming active on one's work.
I have practically no private life. I'm already used to this and ready for it. Yes, sometimes it is hard, but it is the choice I made.
When does life begin? When does the soul enter? That's a religious question. Science is not going to be able to help with that.
I don't care to be remembered as the man who scored six touchdowns in a game. I want to be remembered as a winner in life.
There is nothing more agreeable in life than to make peace with the Establishment - and nothing more corrupting.
Life is too sweet and too short to express our affection with just our thumbs. Touch is meant for more than a keyboard.
Unless their use by readers bring them to life, books are indeed dead things.
I have lived my life that way and I expect the people who work for me to be the same way.
I feel like I'm always learning from people.
I'm a huge fan of David Hockney. I love the way he keeps reinventing himself.
I just love watching football. It doesn't matter what level it is, whether it's Fleetwood or Blackpool. I love to go and watch games.
