I believe very strongly that when it comes to desire, when it comes to attraction, that things are never black and white, things are very much shades of grey.

Placebo is music for outsiders, by outsiders and our gigs are like conventions of outcasts, which is cool.

I guess the line between being paranoid and being a rock star is smaller than one would expect.

Don't let small minded people dictate how you should look and be free.

I want to be a better person. I want to be a stronger person. I want to be someone who hurts less.

When people hear the word “beautiful”, they expect something to be pretty. And for me that's not always necessarily the case, y'know.

Good conversation turns me on. A connection between two people, a mental one first.

There's a hell of a lot of freedom in this rock and roll circus... it's where all the freaks go - it's the environment for me.

I feel very comfortable with the way I look, and I feel very comfortable with the kind of confusion that it creates in people's minds.

Music has touched me deeply, sometimes to tears. But at the same time it's been life-affirming, because I've been grateful for the fact that I'm alive and human and capable of being so moved.

You would not like me if you knew me.

A realization that even if you had discovered the future, it really didn't change how you lived in the present. They were truth, but they weren't all the truth.

Sleep is closing your eyes and trusting you will heal.

Success shouldn't be revenge or a way to overwhelm the naysayers. If that is your reason, you are far from being content.

Man can be an atheist only in theory, not in practice, because the universe is too frightening and too chaotic to be too independent!

Fishing has been styled 'a contemplative man's recreation,' ... and science is only a more contemplative man's recreation.

If you will change, things will change for you.

We are at a point in history where a proper attention to space, and especially near space, may be absolutely crucial in bringing the world together.

My occupational hazard is that I can't help plagiarizing from real life.

American corporations hate to give away money.

You have to work years in hit shows to make people sick and tired of you, but you can accomplish this in a few weeks on television.