I don't listen to my own stuff unless I've been drinking a lot.

Believe in all the good things you keep inside There is no freedom in life without freedom of mind.

I feel like everybody knows the world isn't the happiest, most peaceful place. And though everybody has an idea of what's wrong, we're not changing it for the better.

I have an aversion to conformity.

Trying to be creative, yet having to deal with the day to day - I mean, there is a lot of stuff to deal with. Like sitting at the computer and sending emails.

There are bands now, and for years, that called themselves emo. I never followed that stuff.

Even when I am forced to conform - we all are on many levels - that line is definitive. It says exactly what it means: Be an individual, you know? Be yourself.

Almost everything I do, especially later on, is really very scripted. And I do it over and over again until it's perfect.

I don't have a label, I don't have a manager, I'm doing everything myself.

While the form of treachery varies slightly from case to case, liberals always manage to take the position that most undermines American security.

We stand, as it were, on the shore, and see multitudes of our fellow beings struggling in the water, stretching forth their arms, sinking, drowning, and we are powerless to assist them.

As Mayor of San Francisco, I will work hard to ensure that, in the event of natural or man-made disasters, San Franciscans are prepared and our City is protected

We launch when we're kind of in the same orbit that they are in terms of being matched up in inclination in space, and we're just in a little different altitude.

None of you has ever failed. School may have failed you. Goodbye to failure, children. Welcome to success.

If you can't travel to the developing world, look at helping to fund a woman with a small loan and follow her. Learn her story. Learn about the difference that you're making.

We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of change. And the most pressing task is to teach people how to learn.

I don't sing in the shower at all, and I don't sing in the shower, either.

In the world of music, the audience is not just fans of music; they're fans of many things.

I prefer the smaller acting than big histrionics. It's about reacting and looks, which is often underestimated.