But I always wound up being the damn John, when I wanted to be the Paul.

Kurt had this dumb suicidal ideation - that's what I called it. I thought if we could live through this, we could live through anything.

I never expected I would be connected to the Alpha male as some kind of ancillary object and to this day it mystifies me.

Cocaine is like really evil coffee.

Only dumb people are happy.

I wish I was beautiful or at least wise, but I’m simply mad and violent.

My number one thing to work on is not being reactive - but appropriateness doesn't come easily to me sometimes.

I like all the angels around because they protect me and my daughter. I mean, her Dad's an angel.

I don't mean to be a diva, but some days you wake up and you're Barbara Streisand.

The language of love letters is the same as suicide notes.

I want every girl in the world to pick up a guitar and start screaming.

Love, like fire, goes out without fuel.

What one thinks is right is not always the same as what others think is right

Welcome to the house of Gray and Graves where we never lie still and death is only the beginning ...

An artist has got to get acquainted with himself just as much as he can. It is no easy job, for it is not a present-day habit of humanity.

There are only two seasons - winter and Baseball.

I did disagree with Ronald Reagan very strongly on trade. I disagreed with him. We should have been much tougher on trade even then. I've been waiting for years. Nobody does it right.

The first mark of intelligence, to be sure, is not to start things; the second mark of intelligence is to pursue to the end what you have started.

A man was meant to be doubtful about himself, but undoubting about the truth; this has been exactly reversed.

Listening is a reciprocal process - we become more attentive to others if they have attended to us.

Find the best in everybody, no matter how long you have to wait for them to show it