I feel like women, especially in music, aren't really given as much respect as men. Sexism really exists.

The more you learn, I think the more you realise who you are and what you want and what you believe and what you want to be and where you want to end up.

You can grow flowers from where dirt use to be.

I've been accused of deliberately hamming up my accent and dropping letters, but that's just how I speak - I used to be a chav.

Jealousy is not a nice feeling, I hate feeling jealous. But if you can admit it and laugh at yourself, then that's a good way of dealing with your feelings.

Just because you have political beliefs or feminist beliefs, you don't have to like everybody, you don't have to like everything.

People don't know how to deal with stress and depression, so they're nasty to other people because it makes them feel better about themselves.

The more you relate to something or somebody speaks to you, it means more. I think that putting yourself out there like heart-on-sleeve, is really important.

People are scared. People are generally xenophobic - they're scared of what's different. If you're ignorant as well as scared, then you might end up hating something that you're scared of.

I think the media put more pressure on women, especially in regards to the way they look and how they're supposed to behave.

I can watch a sunset on my own.

Only with the closing of the eyes are we truly free.

The dead can read tears.

Let the judges answer to the question of law and the jurors to the matter of fact.

If you try to do that in pop music - to play only rare show tunes, for example - people don't come.

I've been melted into something too easy to spill. I make more and more of myself in order to make more and more of the baby. He takes it, this making. And somehow he's made more of me, too.

Very often what God first helps us towards is not the virtue itself but just this power of always trying again.

The Constitution is the sole source and guaranty of national freedom.

A very, very impressive director, Tomas Alfredson. It's only his second film [ 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'], but he's a real find.

Looks to me, Vince, like you hit a hole in one.

If you really believe and really make a commitment, anything can happen.