“When I've got nothing better to do, I look down the league table to see how Everton are getting along”

“As you get older the questions come down to two or three. How long have I got and what am I gonna do with the time I've got left?”

“How do I get better once I've had the best?”

“I think I've got Fear down, but how do I take it all the way up to Terror?”

“You do things when the opportunities come along. I've had periods in my life when I've had a bundle of ideals come along, and I've had long dry spells. If I get an ideal next week, I'll do something. If not, I won't do a damn thing.”

“When we go on about the big things, the political situation, global warming, world poverty, it all looks really terrible, with nothing getting better, nothing to look forward to. But when I think small, closer in-you know, a girl I've just met, or this song we'regoing to do with Chas, or snowboarding next month, then it looks great. So this is going to be my motto - think small.”