And then I settled into the most natural thing for a man with no real talents. Journalism.

Go ahead and laugh at Detroit. Because you are laughing at yourself.

Some people are doomed from birth because their environment is so toxic.

We are born to a time. What you do with it is on you. Do the best you can. Try to be good. And live.

At the end of the day, the Detroiter may be the most important American there is because no one knows better than he that we're all standing at the edge of the shaft.

Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus: We hope for better things; it shall rise from the ashes.

But wanderlust is like a pretty girl - you wake up one morning, find she's grown old and decide that either you're going to commit your life or you're going to walk away.

In Detroit, we all talked the race game. It is a way of life.

Tell your friend that in his death, a part of you dies and goes with him. Wherever he goes, you also go. He will not be alone.

Whatever happens, love that.

But as bad as I am, I'm proud of the fact that I'm worse than I seem

Women are so gentle, so affectionate, so true in sorrow, so untired and untiring! but the leaf withers not sooner, and tropic light fades not more abruptly.

Sometimes you find your destiny on the road you took to avoid it.

Allow your head to be quiet. Allow it to be still. Just for an hour and half. Just deal with your body & your breath.

The album is a definite departure. I haven't written original material before, except for one song on my first album, but Elvis and I did six songs together on this one.

Bollocks have never frightened me. I'll eat a bollock any time.

I'm a fatalist. I believe things happen for a reason, that you attract people and situations that are meant to fulfil your path.

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