My kids really are my center. They create a beautiful chaos. It's always a nice chaos with them.

I don't do anything in order to cause trouble. It just so happens that what I do naturally causes trouble. I'm proud to be a troublemaker.

Women are to be valued for so much more than their sexuality. We aren’t merely objects of desire.

I understand that we are actually complicated people but we are also dreadfully simple.

I don't believe in any kind of artistic snobbery or musical snobbery. You know, to me, the sexiest and the most spiritual words ever uttered in rock and roll are wop babaloo balop bam boom.

Maybe it was mean, but I really don't think so. You asked for the truth and I told you.

When you dishonor the the utter glory and majesty of black people, you lie. Your heart lies to you and you let it

I grew up in a situation of extreme abuse, but there was no chance to talk about it, so music became the escape if you like.

At some point the entire population of the earth is gonna have to look back at the kind of essence of spirituality which is basically caring about each other.

We have a tradition of passing our history orally and singing a lot of it and writing songs about it and there's kind of a calling in Irish voices when they're singing in their Irish accent.

When I kissed you, you didn't mind. I thought I tasted of too many cigarettes, but you tasted like wine.

Redemption is for the weak. The strong keep sinning

The greatest gift you can give anyone is your undivided attention...

You have to keep taking the next necessary stitch, and the next one, and the next. Without stitches, you just have rags. And we are not rags.

When you don't like something the words come more readily.

There is undoubtedly a difference between people who manipulate other people and people who create things.

How can I be my best if I never fail, and how can I ever find peace if I never yell.

I'm not driven by being understood.

I always thought Ray Bourque was a great competitor.

We must take the good with the bad; For the good when it's good, is so very good That the bad when it's bad can't be bad!

I am jealous of those who think more deeply, who write better, who draw better, who ski better, who look better, who live better, who love better than I.