No one comes to my shows so they'll feel safe and comfortable.

My freshman year of high school I joined the chess and math clubs.

My father was a professor of civil engineering at MIT, and my mother taught high school English.

Between rounds of speed chess I read enough of a programming manual to teach myself to write programs on the school's DEC mainframe in the language Basic.

Death is a very important part of life.

My mind's a machine gun, my body's the bullets and the audience is the target.

My body is the rock and roll temple and my flesh, blood and body fluids are a communion to the people whether they like it or not

My demons, inner strengths and physical battles have guided me through life.

It's not so much wanting to die, but controlling that moment, choosing your own way.

There's such a fierce intense fire burning inside of me, so much that it just wants to explode.

Everybody picks up on the sensational things, but no one really gets it.

No one cultivates in a stony-ground, instead he cultivates in a soft-rich ground. Do not expect people to invest in you if you're a lazy type.

I'm a good girl because I really believe in love, integrity, and respect.

I never felt comfortable about my looks until I married Reed Vreeland. I believe in love at first sight because that's what it was. I knew the moment our eyes met that we would marry.

I find when I'm overly concerned about what I eat, I stress out my body and put on weight.

every mind is at least as heavy as mine

There are very complicated issues here [about NATO], and I don't want to give them short shrift.

People say that rock 'n' roll is dead, and I am making it my mission to resurrect it. I have rock 'n' roll pumping through my veins.

I had a very happy childhood, which is unsuitable if you're going to be an Irish writer.

I am doubtful that there will be any sort of real coherence of Muslim societies into a single political system run by an elected or non-elected group of leaders.

The Bible is the cornerstone of liberty.