Family is what really runs through my head. I'm usually bombarded with tons of phone calls, but I'm usually bombarded with love as well.

For me, my music has always been like an open diary.

I love my family; they're such great people and they really love what I do.

I think every album serves as a step in your career.

I just try to be as honest and open as possible with all my music, whether it's live shows or the studio.

In the end, what will hurt us the most is not the words of our enemies but the silence of our friends.

I don't go to that many Broadway shows, so I can't really say anything.

I happen to respect people who are willing to come under public scrutiny and serve their country.

Many orthodox people speak as though it were the business of sceptics to disprove received dogmas rather than of dogmatists to prove them. This is, of course, a mistake.

All the maxims have been written. It only remains to put them into practice.

You know, back in my days they used Bayer aspirin for contraception. The gals put it between their knees and it wasn't that costly.

I've always thought you have to live life looking forwards, not backwards. I've had no interest at all in who my ancestors are.

. . . for beauty stands In the admiration only of weak minds Led captive. Cease to admire, and all her plumes Fall flat and shrink into a trivial toy, At every sudden slighting quite abash'd.

McVeigh's lawyer got him the death penalty, which, quite frankly, I could have done.

My life is a party, to be experienced and shared with everyone I know!