Great artists suffer for the people.

If you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else.

Music is one of the closest link-ups with God that we can probably experience. I think it's a common vibrating tone of the musical notes that holds all life together.

Politics and hypocrites is turning us all into lunatics.

Crime is increasing, trigger happy policing. Panic is spreading, God knows where we're heading.

To be an artist is a blessing and a privilege. Artists must never betray their true hearts. Artists must look beneath the surface and show that there is more to this world than what meets the eye.

War is not the answer, for only love can conquer hate

Don't play with something you should cherish for life.

Don't you know how sweet and wonderful life can be?

Marriage is miserable unless you find the right person that is your soulmate and that takes a lot of looking.

Art is a way of possessing destiny.

One of the greatest tragedies in life is to lose your own sense of self and accept the version of you that is expected by everyone else.

They'd rather see me fail than succeed, That's why I'm alone on my own with no team. Don't need no green, though I got some to spend; In the end...all I really need is a friend.

The only alternative seems to be doing nothing…and doing nothing, I find, rarely accomplishes anything

I feel that audiences are very sophisticated, and part of my challenge is to keep them engaged because they are so complex.

I define my sexuality in terms of the people that I love.

My aim has been... to keep the United States... independent of all and under the influence of none.

I'm not too into fast food, but you know if I was, it would be chicken.

One can never outlive one's vanity.

You can't just sit around in leopard-print slippers and drink champagne all day and think everything's gonna work out somehow.

Take care that no one hates you justly.