I think the obvious answer is I was raised in New York City, so growing up, not only myself but my family, like my father, we would watch a lot of Scorsese films.

Growing up, I was fascinated with Buck Rogers’ airplanes. As I began to mature in World War II, it became jets and rocket planes. But it was always in the air.

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

When I was growing up and listening to bands like the Dave Clark Five, the groove was what initially got me going. I really like that funky, heavy groove.

The idea of eternity lives in all of us. We thirst to live in a belief which raises our small personality to a higher coherence – a coherence which is human and yet superhuman, absolute...

Growing up, I was in all the musicals and everything… I’d come home from school and bash out a few Whitney Houston songs.

The kids growing up is a separate strand to your life. However bad a day you’ve had, that’s the most important thing, and you have to remember that.