But I'm not interested in politics. I lose interest the microsecond it ceases to be emotional when something becomes a political movement. What I'm interested in is emotions.

For sure the 'Obamania' that's fast taking hold reflects an incredible thirst for change in global politics and dare I say a wave of optimism that things can be different.

One thing I have learned in my time in politics is that if one of the parties is shameless the other party cannot afford to be spineless.

I'll never get out of politics. I have friends in public office. I have things that I want to do. You can't go back in life. I won't go back to the existence I had before of running a political consulting firm and signing up clients and advising campaigns in exactly that way.

If there is one eternal truth of politics it is that there are always a dozen good reasons for doing nothing.

You know rock stardom... I have a hard time discussing that because I don't really accept it. It's not really that tangible. What's really bizarre is how it's used as a thing - you know 'He's the rock star of politics ' 'He's the rock star of quarterbacks' - like it's the greatest thing in the world.

Going into politics is something people have asked me about forever.

The ability of the 1 percent to buy politicians and regulators is nothing new in American politics - just as inequality has been a permanent part of our economic system. This is true of virtually all political and economic systems.

If I cry it's about the personal loss of a friend or something like that. But when it comes to politics - no I don't cry.

If American politics are too dirty for women to take part in there's something wrong with American politics.

I deliberately did not read anything about the Vietnam War because I felt the politics of the war eclipsed what happened to the veterans. The politics were irrelevant to what this memorial was.

It's much easier to wear a Chairman Mao button and shake your fists in the air and all that then to actually read the Communist manifesto and things like that and actually become involved in politics.

It's called political economy because it is has nothing to do with either politics or economy.

Politics thrives on simple clean messages something that played to Obama's advantage in 2008. Stagnant unemployment and the loss of America's AAA rating are as simple and tough as they come. This is the economy on Obama's watch and there's no one left to blame.

I was looking for something like baseball where there's a lot of data and the competition was pretty low. That's when I discovered politics.

In politics people build whole reputations off of getting one thing right.

Sincerity and competence is a strong combination. In politics it is everything.

I don't like to talk about things where you're going to gt one side or the other unhappy. My music has no politics.

Most people don't want to talk about politics and religion. They say 'Let's talk about something else.'

Why does it have to be politics? Is there a dynamism to that world and a theoretical capacity to do things that draws many talented people? Absolutely. Are there other ways to be involved and lead an interesting life? Of course.

Skip the religion and politics head straight to the compassion. Everything else is a distraction.

One thing I have frankly decided is that when it comes to political reform we have two conservative parties in British politics. Both the Labour and Conservative parties have constantly and repeatedly failed to honour promises they have made about reforming cleaning modernising our clapped-out system.

Politics is not really my thing.

I think things changed as a result of a certain perception of our politics. When we went through our zealous self-righteous period it didn't exactly win us any friends.