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I don't believe in populism.

Populism is dangerous.

Even some of my Republican friends say I have a populist, progressive streak. I am not a doctrinaire, anti-government person.

I do not believe in populism. I am not a supporter of radical decisions. Practice has shown that usually these are harmful.

I'm not a big politics guy.

I am a political person, though not with a big P.

There is absolutely no point in not being a populist. What I feel emboldened to do is to take something which is a minority interest and make it accessible without dumbing it down. I'm such an enthusiast for peculiar things, things that are perhaps a bit avant-garde, and try and involve everyone.

I don't know if I'm a populist artist, but I do try to maintain a spirit of generosity.

I come from a working class community in eastern Scotland, and I've always been a populist, though not a patronising populist.

If you can't be a populist in Arkansas, you ain't going to be a populist in Washington.