I'm a fan of the Strokes, so my big fantasy was that one day I would get to sing with them.

Knowing now what goes into making a successful artist, it's disheartening.

I'm gonna live like tomorrow doesn't exist.

I'm an advocate of 'it's not what you are, it's who you are.'

I've got thick skin and an elastic heart.

I liked when I was naive and I thought it was just about making good music.

I get to sit at home with the dogs on the sofa, record in a closet in the office, send them off and, if I'm lucky, make a million dollars.

I may cry ruining my make up, Wash away all things you've taken.. I don't care if I don't look pretty, Big girls cry when their hearts are breaking.

I don't want to be famous, or recognizable.

People aren't honest about the horrors of fame. The downsides are so overwhelming that, for me, there is no payoff.

I'm sensitive and get easily upset and insulted.

Have you noticed how Emilio Estevez and Charlie Sheen look nothing alike, and yet they both manage to look exactly like their father, Martin?

Ships passing in broad daylight.

What the mother sings to the cradle goes all the way down to the coffin.

I think leadership is not something you learn it's something you discover.

Fight only in direst need Not for lust or petty greed Honor those that do give birth Respect them well for their full worth

It is interesting to note that the 200 richest people have more assets than the 2 billion poorest.

If my mother hadn't tried to sell me chicken Kiev cutlets for $1.40 after I graduated from college, maybe I would've been the lawyer she wanted me to be.

Yes, I had two strings to my bow; both golden ones, egad! and both cracked.

The sound of the drum drives out thought; for that very reason it is the most military of instruments.

Whatever is to make us better and happy God has placed either openly before us or close to us.