Mike and the Mechanics Quotes
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I have this pet thing about how global communications are moving so fast now, throwing information at you, making everything available to you, and yet I feel it's leaving us more and more isolated.
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I'm completely hooked on polo.
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The journey is the destination. The process you're in is the goal. Success is never defined by the outcome but by the process.
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When I've finished one project, I start thinking about the next.
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I would feel horrible to think I had put my name on a pistol permit and allowed someone to carry around a gun and they committed another crime.
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Everyone I talk to has a Genesis story to tell.
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I led a sheltered life. I didn't know how to book a flight.
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I just consider myself lucky that I've been a musician this long and not had to find another job.
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In the Eighties, live work had to be very extravagant.
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Emotions are the color of the soul.
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My dad was very worried that I wasn't saving and didn't have a pension. I've never invested well.
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A man doesn't need to be flawless to be a perfect father, but the commitment to his family is a precious responsibility.
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I was a dreamer. When I was on stage I didn't have to think about whether I could pay the rent. I was just having a great time.
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Money came my way but wasn't really in the plan, so I didn't know how to deal with it.
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I work and work and if I have a surplus I book a holiday.
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The Oscar nomination is the best marketing you can get.
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I don't indulge in anything extravagant but I can't keep money in the bank.
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I always wanted to be able to buy nice things, but the appeal of music was the escapism.
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You have to be entrepreneurial and use your name.
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Can't go on singing the same theme, 'cause baby, can't you see, we've got everything going on? Every time you go away, you take a piece of me with you.
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If something great comes off with the potential TV series, I will go straight to an investor this time and put my money in whatever they invest in.
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I don't see a future in music unless you are one of the 5pc of massive artists.
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I suppose that since most of our hurts come through relationships, so will our healing.