Politics is much too serious to be taken too seriously equally there are many aspects of it so laughable as to be lamentable.

The only thing I have no control over is the politics that goes on within the record company. It's always been the same but it's far tougher now because record companies are run by financial people before they were run by creative people.

I care about politics just like any other citizen. I'm against the war in Iraq or any type of war.

Yeah exactly you can talk about politics in music you can talk about something else but that's always going to change and love is never going to change.

The sight of allegedly sophisticated politicians parroting complete tripe trivialises and demeans government and it has to be stopped. It's played a significant part in public disillusionment with politics and has led to the absurd situation where more people vote for 'Strictly Come Dancing' than voted in the general election.

Of course there are regrets. I shall regret always that I found my own authentic voice in politics. I was too conservative too conventional. Too safe too often. Too defensive. Too reactive. Later too often on the back foot.

I was really lucky that I came to puberty at a time when music and politics were completely intertwined.

Music is what I must do business is what I need to do and politics is what I have to do.

We're in an illusion about what our role is in world politics and foreign affairs and our policies are killing and destroying and doing a lot of things that we are not aware of.

I've never worked in politics never been a member of an official committee or a political party.

It's such a beautiful sport with no politics involved no color no class. Only as a youngster can you play and as a pro can you win. The game has kept me young involved and excited and for me to be up here with gems of baseball.

Whoever decides to dedicate their life to politics knows that earning money isn't the top priority.

Thus the focus on this main political goal must become more visible in EU politics and to achieve this we need a political impulse. It must be clear what the priorities on the agenda are.

That is why everyone in politics and we do it must make sure that they do not depend on one single interest group. A good compromise is one where everybody makes a contribution.

On the one hand the financial projection is on the agenda - we will see if this problem can be resolved or not. I think it is a right idea to stage a special summit which would deal with the question of priorities of European politics.

I'm not really involved with politics... I'm living in my cocoon with my classical music around.

Bloomberg is famously impatient with beltway politics and believes that to get anything done you need to work from the ground up.