Music is about expressing things you can't in everyday life.

Placebo is music for outsiders, by outsiders and our gigs are like conventions of outcasts, which is cool.

I guess the line between being paranoid and being a rock star is smaller than one would expect.

Don't let small minded people dictate how you should look and be free.

I want to be a better person. I want to be a stronger person. I want to be someone who hurts less.

When people hear the word “beautiful”, they expect something to be pretty. And for me that's not always necessarily the case, y'know.

Good conversation turns me on. A connection between two people, a mental one first.

There's a hell of a lot of freedom in this rock and roll circus... it's where all the freaks go - it's the environment for me.

I feel very comfortable with the way I look, and I feel very comfortable with the kind of confusion that it creates in people's minds.

Music has touched me deeply, sometimes to tears. But at the same time it's been life-affirming, because I've been grateful for the fact that I'm alive and human and capable of being so moved.

You would not like me if you knew me.

If I were a zombieI'd never eat your brainI'd just want your heart

Never underestimate a septuagenarian with time on his hands.

Du Bois sighed theatrically. “It’s as if Oscar Wilde never died for our sins.

The little trouble in the world that is not due to love is due to friendship.

It is only necessary to destroy in oneself the roots of those motives which determine a man's course, in order to enjoy the omnipotence and immunity of a god.

I personally think that if you deny something or if you hide something you're inadvertently admitting it's wrong.

There never was and is not likely soon to be a nation of philosophers, nor am I certain it is desirable that there should be.

I've waffled before. I'll waffle again.

My mother is very, very smart and commands respect because she has a lot of respect for herself.