I should get a dog. I would get a rescue dog. I like mutts; I don't care. I would probably get a three-legged dog no one else would want.

If your lifeguard duties were as good as your singing, a lot of people would be drowning.

The end of the animal trade would leave more time to trap or beat to death pop star wannabes.

My advice would be if you want to pursue a career in the music business, don't.

Work hard, be patient, and be a sponge while learning your business. Learn how to take criticism. Follow your gut instincts and don't compromise.

I'd say the most dangerous thing I've ever done is probably bungee jumping in Thailand...

I think you have to judge everything based on your personal taste. And if that means being critical, so be it. I hate political correctness. I absolutely loathe it.

That was extraordinary. Unfortunately, extraordinarily bad.

I want people to understand that from the minute Lady Gaga arrived, she created a new set of rules: being different is good; embrace it.

Not everybody is perfect, and I don't think we should be looking for perfect people.

The best way to kill someone is from the inside, by crushing their hopes and dreams.

I remember passion.

Fight for your life, it's the only one you've go

We poison our lives with fear of burglary and shipwreck and the house is never burgled and the ship never goes down.

The person who knows everything has the most to learn.

The downhill path is easy, but there's no turning back.

I'd never compare myself to Freddie Mercury because I look up to him far too much. As an artist, not necessarily as a person.

I have total control over everything. I'm doing it all for me.

Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.

I've got to go. That's one of the penalties of being a doctor. I never seem to finish a conversation.

It was a spring day, the sort that gives people hope: all soft winds and delicate smells of warm earth. Suicide weather.