Patrick Kavanagh

Wine and women do not go with song. Alcohol is the worst enemy of the imagination.

Young writers should keep out of pubs and remember that the cliche way of the artistic life is a lie.

A man is original when he speaks the truth that has always been known to all good men.

Sometimes people ask, 'Does writing make you happy?' But I think that's beside the point. It makes you agitated, and continually in a state where you're off balance. You seldom feel serene or settled.

Wherever I went, crowds appeared again, and I started making solo albums for the first time in my career.