If somebody's trying to shut you up, sing louder, and if possible, better.

There are things you break that can't be put back together again. And Kashmir may be one of them.

Rock and roll music - the music of freedom frightens people and unleashes all manner of conservative defense mechanisms.

What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.

One of the extraordinary things about human events is that the unthinkable becomes thinkable.

Language is courage: the ability to conceive a thought, to speak it, and by doing so to make it true.

‘Respect for religion’ has become a code phrase meaning ‘fear of religion.’ Religions, like all other ideas, deserve criticism, satire, and, yes, our fearless disrespect.

In the cookie of life, friends are the chocolate chips.

Language upon a silvered tongue affords enchantment enough.

The whole story of migration and what that has done in interconnecting the planet is obviously something I've written about a lot.

faith without doubt is addiction

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

Wait, I got it. We, uh, won the battle and lost the war, or was it the other way around? 'Cause around here, it's hard to tell sometimes.

You can't beat the beehive for glam punkette attitude.

For a gallant spirit there can never be defeat.

It is truer to say that martyrs create faith more than faith creates martyrs.

If you see someone lying out knives and forks consistently, but then one day those knives and forks become weapons you're not sure if he does that as a warrior, that's just his thing.

I embrace my body, and I embrace everything about myself.

There is nothing glorious about what our ancestors call history. It is simply a succession of mistakes, intolerances and violations.

We should not be entertained by the sins for which Christ died.

Find something good within your life and give every ounce of positivity you have towards it, then watch how your life changes.