I never imagined I'd be a solo artist. And now I couldn't imagine being part of a group.

Long hair is an unpardonable offense which should be punishable by death.

I normally live in Los Angeles, if you can call it normal living.

The rhino is now more or less extinct, and it's not because of global warming or shrinking habitats. It's because of Beyonce's handbags.

It's so easy to laugh, It's so easy to hate, It takes guts to be gentle and kind.

I've never intended to be controversial but it's very easy to be controversial in pop music because nobody ever is.

I do think it's possible to go through life and never fall in love, or find someone who loves you.

Robert Smith is a whingebag.

Shyness is nice, but shyness can stop you from doing all the things in life that you'd like to.

Artists aren't really people. And I'm actually 40 per cent papier mache.

He referred to me as an 'insufferable puffed-up prat'. This is a bit rich coming from a man who actually married his own mother.

You are a great sacred soul.

Wealth, if not a mere flash in the pan, compels the wealthy to become wealthier.

Walk softly and carry a big stick. Or stomp loudly and carry enough firepower to start a small war. Whatever worked

The happiness of the tender heart is increased by what it can take away from the wretchedness of others.

Show me a person who doesn't like french fries and we'll swap lies.

Popular art is the dream of society; it does not examine itself.

If the criminal will not keep his gains for ever and his victim will not always suffer want, surely man passes like a shadow and troubles himself in vain.

And I urge upon you this - which I think is wisdom - if you find you can't make seventy by any but an uncomfortable road, don't you go.

We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own 'to do' list.

The question I'm constantly asking myself is: what are we afraid of? I think it's important for us to follow that line of fear, because that is ultimately our line of growth.