Lonely people console themselves with self-absorption or curiosity.

Pain narrows consciousness; pleasure blurs it.

When Medusa looks in the mirror, she sees the Lady of Sorrows.

My passions have never jumped out of the fireplace and set fire to the carpet.

Retirement requires the invention of a new hedonism, not a return to the hedonism of youth

The sewing machine joins what the scissors have cut asunder, plus whatever else comes in its path.

Clothes make a statement. Costumes tell a story.

The laughter of the aphorism is sometimes triumphant, but seldom carefree.

'Be faithful to your roots' is the liberal version of 'Stay in your ghetto.'

Every day begins with an act of courage and hope: getting out of bed.

Totem poles and wooden masks no longer suggest tribal villages but fashionable drawing rooms in New York and Paris.

Spirituality wants to know and experience higher states of mind and being. It wants to wrestle with angels and look the Creator in the eye.

My job is to entertain people by playing my music well. You shouldn't really be upset because people like you, should you?

I am heat obsessed. I crave the heat in my bedroom.

There are no have-to's, just choices

Pale death with an impartial foot knocks at the hovels of the poor and the palaces of king.

In the sun I feel as one.

It is possible to reason out the existence of God to a limited extent.

Be cool and you'll be alright. That's rock & roll religion.

Plans are worthless, but planning is invaluable.

Humanity will never be religious unless all organized religions disappear and religion becomes an individual commitment towards existence.