Only a fool permits the letter of the law to override the spirit in the heart. Do not let a piece of paper stand in the way of true love and headlines.

You go through life wondering what is it all about but at the end of the day it's all about family.

I'm a rock star because I couldn't be a soccer star.

Elvis was the king. No doubt about it. People like myself, Mick Jagger and all the others only followed in his footsteps.

Fast cars like Porsches and Ferraris - they are things of beauty.

I've still got a brilliant head of hair, which refuses to lay down.

Life is so brief and time is a thief when you're undecided.

May you grow to be proud, dignified, and true, and do unto others as you'd have done to you.

My love for you is immeasurable, my respect for you immense. You're ageless, timeless, lace and fineness, you're beauty and elegance.

Optimism is my best defense.

I'll bring the red wine, you bring the ludes.

Terrified, yes. But I run toward the fire now. Not away.

Pain is nothing but growth waiting for us to give it permission to grow us up.

We all have something amazingly special in us, and you solely owe it to yourself to discover yours.

The wisest prophets make sure of the event first.

I tried to tell myself that it could be worse, that the world was not a wish-granting factory, that I was living with cancer not dying of it, that I mustn't let it kill me before it kills me.

I was happy, I wasnt beaten, and I lacked nothing. But it wasnt what people expect - it was very much sort of pinching and scraping. I dont know how my mother did it.

Ruin is when man-made has become part of nature.

When you’ve practiced that so long that you forget you’re practising, you work on making it smooooooth. You won’t have to worry about the last one – you get those three, and you’ll be fast.

I've never been one to run from a challenge.

I've tried to use my love of music, and spoken word performance to create companion pieces for the book.