Somehow or another, my mother taught me to push through my fear, always. Feel the fear and do it anyway.

I am laughably aggressive, and the rest of the band is very laid back, so we mix well.

I was always embarrassed because my dad wore a suit and my mother wore flat pumps and a cozy jumper while my friends' parents were punks or hippies.

A lot of celebrities just want money, fame, power, fancy cars, houses all over the world and have people BOW DOWN to them. To me, that's frightful behaviour.

Mozart was a punk, which people seem to forget. He was a naughty, naughty boy.

People don't associate red hair, pale skin, and freckles with beauty.

I want to hear an alternative viewpoint, and I don't want girls to be defanged and declawed and pretty and mute.

No, I like being a role model because I know how much comfort my musical idols brought me.

I have women who offer to sleep with me all the time. But not men. They're all talk and nay action - as we'd say in Scotland.

I think it's a great thing to have failed in life and then pulled yourself up by the boot straps and actually done something, because then you appreciate it more.

I say embrace the total geek in yourself and just enjoy it. Life is too short to be cool.

My house seems remarkably full of people, " he observed. "Is it possible we were expected.

The purpose of discovering your purpose is so that you can fulfill it.

It is easy to love but difficult to forget, so love every moment to create an enormous unforgettable memory.

The purpose of social work should not be to distribute favours, but to restore rights.

You build a wall to keep something unwanted out … or to hold something precious in.

All a green willow, willow, All a green willow is my garland.

Whoever plays deep must necessarily lose his money or his character.

Why, if there is alphabet soup, do we not have punctuation cereal?

I alternate between reading cook books and reading diet books.

It takes a special kind of person to fight back.