People think I look odd onstage. But the way I deal with being incredibly nervous is by concentrating really hard.

If I don't have an outlet in which to express myself...throug h songwriting or other mediums...I get a bit jittery.

A friend is a friend forever And a good one will never leave, never

I'm a bit of a magpie: whatever I see or hear or read feeds into the songs.

Oh! To not need cognitive justification for every single thing. Wouldn't that be a life?

I was an incredibly misanthrope. I couldn't relate to people my age, and I'm not sure why, as I wasn't particularly smart or interesting

I feel sometimes that I'm in a constant state of being lost in translation, and I guess that why I write songs.

Womanhood is something you don't consider until it hits you.

Age is relative. Experience is relative. And I think often intensity is confused with maturity.

It took a lot of time and practice for me to realise that there's no point trying to be something you're not.

No one starts playing my kind of music to make a fortune. But I do want to keep doing what I do and I do want to continue selling records. And I would, eventually, quite like some money.

If the pain is not felt or it doesn't hurt you...it can never change you. Being susceptible to pain is a blessing.

There is new strength, repose of mind, and inspiration in fresh apparel.

The substance of what it means to be a geek is essentially someone who's brave enough to love something against judgment. The heart of being a geek is a little bit of rejection.

Human life is difficult. But as this life is coming to an end, I consider myself lucky to have lived it.

I needed to be pushed as an artist and as a person.

I want Americans to realize that we are the owners of this country, and that one person can make a difference.

I'm in favor of doing tax reform, but I think tax reform ought to be revenue neutral as it was back during the [Ronald] Reagan years. We've resolved this issue.

When we went to war at the Falklands, Buck Kernan had to shake each man's hand as we boarded a boat for war.

No man easily admits that he is afraid.