You can get very self-important about it, but the point is it's play.

A lot of Irish people perform. They perform in drawing rooms. They sing songs and they play piano.

My mother adores singing and plays piano. My uncle was a phenomenal pianist. My brother John is a double bassist. I used to play the piano, badly, and cello. My brother Peter played violin.

I'm not on the run from anything and I'm not at all clear about what I'm running towards. But as some great writer put it, I want to be certain that when I arrive at death, I'm totally exhausted.

And by endlessly sanitizing our feelings, we actually feed a disgruntled nation.

I think America becomes more disgruntled by going to the movies and having an endlessly good time at them.