It is easier to know the truth than to seek the truth.

[M]ore wars have been waged, more people killed, and more evil perpetrated in the name of religion than by any other institutional force in human history. The sad truth continues in our present day.

Blind obedience is a sure sign of trouble. The likelihood of religion becoming evil is greatly diminished when there is freedom for individual thinking and when honest inquiry is encouraged.

Religion should be a source for reconciliation, for tolerance and for empathy.

Demanding historical (or scientific) veracity as a prerequisite for truth is another kind of tunnel vision. To do so is to mistake poetry for prose.

The injury that we do to a man must be such that we need not fear his vengeance.

You have to stick to what you love, as writing is such a lonely and depressing existence... stick to what you love and someone will hear your voice.

I don't care about fashion, I care about women.

Clowntime is over Time to take cover While others just talk and talk Somebody's watching where the others don't walk.

Honestly, there was a time after I came out that I really did not think I would be working again.

If Newborn Babies Could Speak They Would Be The Most Intelligent Beings On Planet Earth.

I had never made a record before, so I didn't know anything about it. I don't know anything about knobs, frequencies, tones.

It's time for you to know who you are

Part of the sin of Pride is a subtle but deep racism.

Neurosis is no worse than a bad cold; you ache all over, and it's made you a mess, but you won't die from it.