I think that was the most powerful message. Live free, be yourself or else you die inside.

There were people questioning their values and where they stand. Tony Soprano was saying 'he's a top earner, who cares whether he is gay?' You also heard people say he's a good father and a good husband. It wasn't just about his sexual orientation.

One of the things that happens for the gay population is threatening to out people at their jobs, threatening to out people in their communities. People have felt that there is no protection ... because it's via the Internet.

My biggest objection to Marxism has been the presumption that industry should exist at all. I think the unstoppable juggernaut which is global warming demonstrates that processing natural materials on an industrial scale is a suicidal practice.

I did the first album, and it did much better than anyone expected.

In a sense, there is no such thing as a bargain in computing. Models which are popular sell for the price they are supposed to fetch for the best part of their product cycle.