I would have to say the person with whom I am most in love is definitely my son, Everly Bear. Although I'm his dad, I'm also his friend.

It seems like the chaos of this world is accelerating, but so is the beauty in the consciousness of more and more people.

As long as a person is breathing, there is hope for them.

Sometimes, out of really horrible things come really beautiful things.

I had not had any drugs for 5 years but then I relapsed again. I have also smoked nearly everything. Every day it was a battle to recover, which I fought for my son and myself.

My days are whatever I want them to be. I don't have to go worry about chasing some chemical to make me feel OK for a minute, and then make me feel worse.

Every true artist is at war with the world.

I think art is inherently nonviolent and it actually occupies your mind with creation rather than destruction.

Just the kind of girl I liked—the weirdo in the bunch.

To be 26 years old and lose your left heart ventricle was probably the most dramatic thing that's ever happened to me in my life...

I know I'm in the band and everything but sometimes I just have to rock out to the John Frusciante Experience.

Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them.

Publicity is the life of this culture - in so far as without publicity capitalism could not survive - and at the same time publicity is its dream.

I believe we make our own destinies, every last one of us.

All seek perfection from our parents … Just wait till your parents start depending on you, that is when your own perfection, or lack thereof, will be apparent.

Socrates asked the key question: why should we be moral?

My preferences range from the gutter-like to the idyllically sublime, ideally with you roaming the range beside me...

The recipe for success is a tried and true one here in Rhode Island - innovation, reform, public service.

Heaven's Way gives no favors. It always remains with good people.

The silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it needs a very clever woman to manage a fool.

I have the wherewithal to challenge myself for my entire life. That's a great gift.