Me, as a human, I never want to take away another human being's choices or lifestyles or anything.

Freedom isn't to do what you want at somebody else's expense.

I'm very open about my politics. I don't believe in any political party at all, none of them.

I'm no one's lap dog, you can't put me on a leash.

Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?

Punk became a circus didn't it? Everybody got it wrong. The message was supposed to be: Don't follow us, do what you want!

Just because people think politically different to you doesn't mean they're inhuman.

Sometimes the most positive thing you can be in a boring society is absolutely negative.

Obama's dense as a doorbell; not much going on up there - it's a wooden top.

You'd have to be daft as a brush to say you didn't like Pink Floyd.

I'm not this callous clown walking around laughing at life all the time. I've had some serious, serious problems in my life. But I've come out with a smile.

Real education should educate us out of self into something far finer into a selflessness which links us with all humanity.

Being a good listener is absolutely critical to being a good leader you have to listen to the people who are on the front line.

Everyone thinks they're going to write one book of poems or one novel.

You know, I have a kid on my own, and I know how busy it is, the first weeks and the first month.

Love yourself and don't settle for less than what you deserve.

It's easier to stay in shape if you never let yourself get out of shape in the first place.

Whether the Union stands or falls, I believe the profession of arms will henceforth be more desirable and more respected than it has been hitherto.

The most difficult thing is to recognize that sometimes we too are blinded by our own incentives. Because we don’t see how our conflicts of interest work on us.

It becomes increasingly clear that we won’t be free of self-destructive patterns unless we develop a compassionate understanding of what they are.

When love leaves the world, all hearts are still. Tell them of my love and tell them of my pain and tell them of my hope, which still lives. For this is all I have and all I am and all I ask.