And I thought, you know, a little gender confusion makes a better person. A little adversity in life at an early age. It's character building.

Sunshine, lollipops and rainbows, everything that's wonderful, Is sure to come your way

I just kind of lived my life naturally and did what I wanted to do.

Really you just gotta keep chugging along and keep a positive attitude and get through all the problems. You gotta face them, otherwise you don't get through.

You can only bite off so much, so you gotta know what you want to do.

Don't tell me what to do, don't tell me what to say. And please, when I go out with you, don't put me on display.

It's my party and I'll cry if I want to.

One night I saw them kissing at a party, so I kissed some other guy. Johnny jumped up and hit him, cause he still loved me, that's why.

And that's what got me to the piano, that's what got me up in the morning: a blank piece of paper and a hope to have something by the end of the day.

I think the record industry, by and large what's left of it, is still totally homophobic. I think it's much less so in the film industry now, but the record industry, it's always been a man's world.

I think I turned to writing really just to wake up in the morning and be a musician and to have something to do, and feel like a musician every day even if I wasn't working.

If I blow my nose, it gets written all over the world.

I think we're all fascinated and a little mystified by how the brain works. One of the most mysterious of the physical sciences is neurological science.

Comfort becomes a goal when distinctions of rank are abolished and privileges destroyed.

My problem with L. A. was that I could see the air I was breathing, I don't particularly like crowds, and I was much better at snowboarding than I was at surfing.

Good storytelling is humanity's great connector, and it just might keep the world from eating itself.

We need women who are so strong they can be gentle, so educated they can be humble, so fierce they can be compassionate, so passionate they can be rational, and so disciplined they can be free.

I feel more inspired than ever, and think that I will finally achieve what I have long been wishing for: a balance of work and privacy - a harmony.

There's no fast track, no easy track, especially from where I came from. You try to take the most of it and learn from it and hope others learn from it. That's what it is about.

If you can't be remarkable, perhaps you should consider doing nothing until you can.