Music is the only thing that will give and give and give and not take.

Life's short. Anything could happen, and it usually does, so there is no point in sitting around thinking about all the ifs, ands and buts.

I don't think your ability to fight has anything to do with how big you are. It's to do with how much anger is in you.

I'm romantic. I fall in love every day. Not with people but with situations. The other day, I saw a tramp polishing his shoes. That just gripped my heart.

I've always had my own style, I've always been different. I don't like to wear anything that anyone else is wearing because it's very important for me to make a statement.

Life is so much more rewarding if you strive for something, rather than take what's given to you on a plate.

Every bad situation is a blues song waiting to happen.

Life happens. There is no point in being upset or down about things we can't control or change.

I don’t need help because if I can’t help myself I can’t be helped.

If you don't throw yourself into something, you'll never know what you could have had.

I told you I was trouble, you know that I'm no good.

I knew beauty for me would only ever be derived from loss.

Dear Gris, if there's one thing I can't abide it's a bad poet.

If you look at anything, there are always comedic moments.

The first game was different but tonight we were just worried about getting ourselves back on track. It's another loss. We've got to keep going, keep trying to get out of this and win on Saturday.

If you want a career, you need commitment.

The fire of my adversity has purged the mass of my acquaintance.

You always hear people say that having kids changes everything, but you can't fully realize it until you have children yourself.

Publishers are in business to make money, and if your books do well they don't care if you are male, female, or an elephant.

At school, nobody thought I was smart and I became smart. Nobody wanted to be my friend and then I had lots of friends.

Words on the page are never prisoners of the page