“It is really beautiful, and musical in its poetry.”

And that’s not going to be achieved by shouting at them to convert or they’ll go to hell.

That requires that we listen to one another and get challenged and grow by living with difference within the body of the church.

John Arne Riise was deservedly blown up for that foul

It’s about giving them an opportunity to reimagine Christianity.

I don’t know where this Arctic wind has come from but it’s freezing!

The [book of the bible] Song Of Songs is an amazing erotic love poem that the church has tried very hard not to notice.

They care about their club, and that’s why they always have something good to say, even when it is negative

That has a particular history and I think we rather lost it in the 19th Century, we became so much part of empire and colonialism.

In the time of Mrs Thatcher the church, to give it its due, spoke out and was an enemy of the Conservative government.

Well, he had two stabs at the cherry

This will be their 19th consecutive game without a win unless they can get an equaliser.

Being a Christian does not mean that there is one way of living a Christian life.

I’ve bought QPP shares but unfortunately both times I bought it they immediately dropped by over 10p.

As a teenager I was very clear that I wasn’t in the church just to toe the line, but I saw there was a capacity within Christianity and the bible not to fall into line but to question the status quo, that’s what kept me in the church.

Ziege hits it high for Heskey who isn’t playing

I want to be able to open up the really good treasures of the Church and Christianity to people.

William Blake is my favorite poet of all time, and he said that he wasn’t quite familiar with the sounds of music. If so, he would have been a musician.

You can have all sorts of relationships, but there’s something with musicians working together where you can have relationship that can just continue to grow in a beautiful way.

You might have asked [about skill] of an artist or a musician or whatever… but with me it just happens.

Too many young musicians today want to win polls before they learn their instruments.

Laughing and crying are really similar – what happens to your body. It’s a very similar process in your diaphragm. Like a musician, you have to do your scales once in a while and warm up your voice.

I’m definitely musician and storyteller. But I always like to take an active role in things I care about socially and environmentally.

I’m in a position I never imagined I’d be in as a musician. Bob Dylan built an audience through recording and live shows. The opportunities for an artist today are totally different.

But I really do have a soft spot for the solo shows. Any musician who writes and sings will tell you that’s the center of it, that is it. It’s almost like there’s something church-like about it and you gotta go back there, if you’re a songwriter that sings your material.