I don't know whether you [musician] can be all things to everybody, which is why there are different kinds of music.

When you walk through a bad neighborhood, you don't want a poodle by your side. You want a Rottweiler.

Life is too short to have anything but delusional notions about yourself.

I'm forbidden fruit. Once you go to certain households, mommy doesn't want you to see that dirty man who sticks his tongue out and spits out blood and all that stuff.

Rock is about finding who you are. You don't necessarily have to play your instrument very well at all. You can just barely get by and you can be in a rock band.

There’s an old adage that says that money is the root of all evil. Bullshit. Lack of money is the root of all evil.

The death of rock was not a natural death. Rock did not die of old age. It was murdered.

In time of war, if you go through a bad neighborhood, I don't want a little French poodle, I want a Rottweiler on my hands.

James Bond has a license to kill, rockstars have a license to be outrageous. Rock is about grabbing people's attention.

It's hard to see your destination when you're focused on the cracks in the sidewalk.

When you really think about it, I'm not delusional enough to think that what I do is important to life as we know it on this planet. No. But neither is what you do.

The word "preacher" comes from an old French word, predicateur, which means prophet. And what is the purpose of a prophet except to find meaning in trouble?

Be very sure that you do not deliberately place yourself in a position to be tempted.

A lady decidedly. Fast? perhaps. Original? undoubtedly. Worth knowing? rather.

An artist is generally expected to stick to one motif, one persona. People get used to seeing someone put down a certain thing.

Wherever you observe persecution, there is more than a probability that truth lies on il the persecuted side.

I think challenge for Facebook is to develop a culture that has the advertiser and the ad service be as strong a part of their culture as the user obsession is.

At the end of the day, what have I got? A successful Singapore. What have I given up? My life.

Feel all you can, let your heart speak and guide you. Don't be afraid of the love deep inside you.

No bill works if it doesn't work in a zip code where somebody lives.

Meekness is power under control.