I'm raising my daughter with her grandparents in the picture, and that feels good.

Far away, to an infinite world I escape. I'm clear and calm, I'm unafraid. Sunless days, in my sheltered milkyway. In Saturn's rings I feel no pain.

Feminists were psyched that I had armpit hair

I've left Bethlehem, and I feel free. I've left the girl I was supposed to be, and some day I'll be born.

At the age of 15 months my daughter was diagnosed with very bad asthma, and essentially I put my career on hold for a good eight years.

I'm a songwriter who's put my childhood memories and teenage angst into songs.

The monsters are in your own head

For me music is a vehicle to bring our pain to the surface, getting it back to that humble and tender spot where, with luck, it can lose its anger and become compassion again.

When you're a plebeian you want success, and when you're successful you want to be a plebeian again

The flower has opened, has been in the sun and is unafraid. I'm taking more chances; I'm bold and proud.

Just watching my cats can make me happy.

We are doing a huge disservice to a dying world if a manifestation of the joy in us is not coming out of us.

That is what madness is, isn't it? All the wheels fly off the bus and things don't make sense any more. Or rather, they do, but it's not a kind of sense anyone else can understand.

The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.

God is in you as the ocean is in the wave.

Remembrance is to the heart what water is to the fish. And what is the state of a fish that leaves water?

I have a Volvo S60R and its a pretty fast car, the R says it all.

We should wear whatever we think looks nice and wear it with confidence. That will put you in a good mood and I think it will lead to an abundant society

Being a movie star was never as much fun as dreaming of being one.

I believe Fernand Point is one of the last true gourmands of the 20th century. His ruminations are extraordinary and thought-provoking. He has been an inspiration for legions of chefs.

Freedom of movement is the very essence of our free society -- once the right to travel is curtailed, all other rights suffer.