When there's trouble in a family, it tends to show up in the weakest member. And all the other members of the family know that. They make allowances for the one in trouble.

There are certain families whose members should all live in different towns - different states, if possible - and write each other letters once a year.

How can a man help breaking the law when he don't have money to live on?

As I stood there absorbing Hammett's novel, the slot machines at the back of the shop were clanking and whirring, and in the billiard room upstairs the perpetual poker game was being played.

Save money; never rely on other people to lend you money. We call it having 'walking the streets' money - money in your back pocket or bank account that belongs to you.

When you play music with someone who has a heart rather than playing with someone who is just doing it for money or is cynical it makes all the difference.

I learned a long time ago that fame and money is not a ticket to happiness.

I had the offer of places at Leicester and Loughborough to study financial economics.