I don't know how other bands play the same songs every night.

There's nothing more painful than something that's superficially upbeat but you can kind of tell behind it that there's a cynicism, or even a bitterness.

Being an actor is a much more structured life than being a musician.

I think a lot of songwriters would agree that it's often easier to find inspiration in misery.

I'm always keen to head to where the greatest gravitation pull is tugging me.

I've made a few albums in such an autonomous way; it often has been exhausting. It's almost difficult to enjoy the process when you take on so much.

It's not an insult to have a past and to have some accountability to it.

Living is hard--dying is easy. You close your eyes and never open them again. What's so difficult about that? Nothing really--except it hurts like hell to those you leave behind.

Reading is a gift. It's something you can do almost anytime and anywhere. It can be a tremendous way to learn, relax, and even escape. So, enough about the virtues of reading. Time to read on.

All right, I'll wait another two thousand years to make jokes about my evilness.

Few are they who have never had a chance to achieve happiness- and fewer those who have taken that chance.

Someday in heaven, when the angels all sing, well, these rags that I'm wearing will be fit for a king.

Our souls must become expanded by the contemplation of Nature's grandeur, before we can fully comprehend the greatness of man.

When I was pregnant, I was so huge and people on the bus would get up for me. That made me feel so precious and valued and valuable. I try to treat everyone like they're pregnant.

Possibility-thinking is the long sought-after fountain of youth.

You have to remember, that insane people can do some horrors themselves. I had committed no crime, though. I hadn't shot anybody. Yet.

You can never completely know anyone, no matter how well you think you do. There will always be some truth about them you don’t ever get to know.