I think young artists are always inspiring because they are coming at worlds from a different point of view.

I am laughably aggressive, and the rest of the band is very laid back, so we mix well.

I was always embarrassed because my dad wore a suit and my mother wore flat pumps and a cozy jumper while my friends' parents were punks or hippies.

A lot of celebrities just want money, fame, power, fancy cars, houses all over the world and have people BOW DOWN to them. To me, that's frightful behaviour.

Mozart was a punk, which people seem to forget. He was a naughty, naughty boy.

People don't associate red hair, pale skin, and freckles with beauty.

I want to hear an alternative viewpoint, and I don't want girls to be defanged and declawed and pretty and mute.

No, I like being a role model because I know how much comfort my musical idols brought me.

I have women who offer to sleep with me all the time. But not men. They're all talk and nay action - as we'd say in Scotland.

I think it's a great thing to have failed in life and then pulled yourself up by the boot straps and actually done something, because then you appreciate it more.

I say embrace the total geek in yourself and just enjoy it. Life is too short to be cool.

Creativity and intelligence, rather than violence, are the best problem solvers.

Take pride away from a man and you might as well run a knife through his heart.

I'm generally so disoriented during the week about what I'm doing and where I am - I travel a lot - that when I'm home on a Sunday, I typically try to sleep in as much as I can.

Collaboration is a nice change of pace from the often solitary nature of the writer's craft.

Saints are the great teachers of the loving-kindness and fascination with God.

Uruguay is one of the biggest producers of software. We are breaking with the neoliberal model. We do not believe in free trade.

I would say music, film, and talented people inspire me.

I wasn't raised to celebrate the misfortune of others.

There is a fool born every minute

True forgiveness is a self-healing process which starts with you and gradually extends to everyone else.