I feel that I was a useful contributor to society, and that I couldn't be a contributor to society in any other way.

I don't do anything in order to cause trouble. It just so happens that what I do naturally causes trouble. I'm proud to be a troublemaker.

Women are to be valued for so much more than their sexuality. We aren’t merely objects of desire.

I understand that we are actually complicated people but we are also dreadfully simple.

I don't believe in any kind of artistic snobbery or musical snobbery. You know, to me, the sexiest and the most spiritual words ever uttered in rock and roll are wop babaloo balop bam boom.

Maybe it was mean, but I really don't think so. You asked for the truth and I told you.

When you dishonor the the utter glory and majesty of black people, you lie. Your heart lies to you and you let it

I grew up in a situation of extreme abuse, but there was no chance to talk about it, so music became the escape if you like.

At some point the entire population of the earth is gonna have to look back at the kind of essence of spirituality which is basically caring about each other.

We have a tradition of passing our history orally and singing a lot of it and writing songs about it and there's kind of a calling in Irish voices when they're singing in their Irish accent.

When I kissed you, you didn't mind. I thought I tasted of too many cigarettes, but you tasted like wine.

You were born of two flawed yet beautiful souls. Happiness is your birthright, and love is your guide.

If there's something I'm not good at, it's usually because I just organically despise it. I can't help that. I'm fabulous at too many other things to waste my time faking it.

Waddya want me to do? through my sling shot at him?

Contraceptives have a proven track record of enhancing the health of women and children, preventing unintended pregnancy, and reducing the need for abortion.

Economists report that a college education adds many thousands of dollars to a man's lifetime income - which he then spends sending his son to college.

A public office is not a job, it is an opportunity to do something for the public.

I get offers to do huge-budget music videos with big production companies all the time, but I have no interest.

I have no idea what the hell is going on in the world, in my life, in what anything means, or what I'm supposed to do.

There is a point. I don't know what it is, but everything I've had, and everything I've lost, and everything I felt—it meant something.

I got some media coverage for using the tail, the ear, the oink.