I think that G-O-D is like the answer to a formula for creating life.

I mean I think that Blondie's influence is a little bit in a way more eclectic than those bands.

I'm a culture vulture, and I just want to experience it all.

I have a lot of regrets, but I'm not going to think of them as regrets.

I don't mind if my skull ends up on a shelf as long as it's got my name on it.

I always say the new album is the best one yet. I always feel that - I really do, because it's the latest and it's the newest and it's a little bit better.

The only person I really believe in is me.

I could be a housewife… I guess I’ve vacuumed a couple of times.

I do know the effect that music still has on me - I'm completely vulnerable to it. I'm seduced by it.

The only thing I really wanted to be was a beatnik, and look what happened: I ended up being in a band.

Capote wrote every day. He said that's the only way, you have to sit down every day and do it.

Sometimes integrity is seen as a threat by those who desire control.

[The Creator] shines in the cosmic consciousness as a painting in the mind of an artist.

The more you pray, the less you'll panic. The more you worship, the less you worry. You'll feel more patient and less pressured.

You know how I get angry sometimes? That's because it's the only way I can still feel. And I need to test myself, to make sure I'm really here.

Be at peace with your soul and any other souls.

At the mention of her name, my heart started beating faster. Dawn. Rusty. My muse.

I feel that the simplicity of life is just being yourself.

Is this a fit time, said my father to himself, to talk of Pensions and Grenadiers?

Wild globalization has benefited some, but it's been a catastrophe for most.

I say I drownin' in river. She don't look me like I'm crazy but say, If you just sit there the river gonna rise up drown you! Writing could be the boat carry you to the other side. (97)