Irish Quotes

If there is any justice in the world, then eighties rock will never again serve to blight humanity as it did in that dark decade!

I'm a big, big blues fan and the last several years I've really invested in the blues a lot, and I think my playing is getting better because of it - not necessarily better on a technical level, but certainly on a level of appropriateness.

I still have people saying to me, 'Oh, you're still together?' They don't realize Leppard's been around this whole time, because people just don't get to hear us.

I never had a real job either. I sort of fell out of school and ended up playing guitar.

I like my guitars to be kinda worn. I don't like it when they're all shiny.

I don't know how anyone could vote Republican. It's so obvious that their only interest is keeping the rich rich.

I actually knew I was going to be perfect for Def Leppard, sorry I hate to say that but I knew it.

Def Leppard is a rock band that can sing.

And remember: without you, all we are is loud. No pressure.

Being a songwriter, singer, and a great part of a unit is more important than being Joe Guitar Hero.

There can be only one Captain to a ship.

The work to me is everything, and I would throw every rule overboard and send them to the bottom of the sea tomorrow, if I felt there were a more excellent way.

Only disaster can follow divided counsels and opposing wills.

Character is better than ancestry, and personal conduct is of more importance than the highest.

Writing is learning to say nothing, more cleverly each day.

She danced a jig, she sung a song that took my heart away.

If any foes of mine are there, I pardon every one: I hope that man and womankind will do the same by me.

I have been an 'Official' all my life, without the least turn for it. I never could attain a true official manner, which is highly artificial and handles trifles with ludicrously disproportionate gravity.

Autumn's the mellow time.

Now Autumn's fire burns slowly along the woods and day by day the dead leaves fall and melt.

The way forward is by building political support for republican and democratic objectives across Ireland and by winning support for these goals internationally.

The unionists also for their part, want to minimise the potential for change, not only on the equality agenda but on the issues of sovereignty and ending the union.

The last months, weeks and days have seen accelerating discussions, involving the DUP for the first time, about a comprehensive agreement which would see all outstanding matters dealt with and the Good Friday Agreement implemented in full.

The days of humiliation, of second-class citizens and of inequality are over and gone forever.

The catalyst for much of this change is the growing support for republicanism.

Such decisions will be far reaching and difficult. But you never lacked courage in the past. Your courage is now needed for the future.

Sinn Fein has the potential and capacity to become the vehicle for the attainment of republican objectives.

Sinn Fein has demonstrated the ability to play a leadership role as part of a popular movement towards peace, equality and justice.

Republican patience with how unionism deals with the political institutions, and with key issues like equality and human rights, will be tested because, obviously, there will be a battle a day on these matters. So lets face up to all of this with our eyes wide open.

But if republicans are to prevail, if the peace process is to be successfully concluded and Irish sovereignty and re-unification secured, then we have to set the agenda - no-one else is going to do that.