American nuclear weapons would almost certainly start being removed from Britain within 12 months of a Labour government gaining power.
Music really is our daily medicine.
I think I can only help to expose percussion to all sorts of people. The balance between the lighter and more serious side is important.
I walk into a kids' store, and it's amazing, the types of instruments - little squeaky things, rattling things, spinning tops.
If we see someone in a wheelchair, we assume they cannot walk. It may be that they can walk three, four, five steps. That, to them, means they can walk.
Apart from Scottish traditional music, I wasn't really influenced by any kind of music. I just basically followed my own instincts.
A lot of things which come with a high profile will always be criticised one way or another.
As thrilling as it was, speechwriting is ultimately frustrating for someone who wants to be a writer.
The economy is in tatters; your job is in trouble - if you still have a job. And you know what? I've been saying it for years.
. . . and his eyes were so green they could turn carbon dioxide into oxygen.
In spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will go on with my drawing.