Sometimes you need to be a little selfish because kindness is seldom appreciated.

It takes years to build on to a dream but only a second to shatter.

Absolute perfection is insidious.

A healthy social life is found only when, in the mirror of each soul, the whole community finds its reflection, and when, in the whole community, the virtue of each one is living.

I don't always do what I should but I do what I gotta do.

I fear for the future of the planet. But in a funny way, I'm even sanguine about that.

Kurt [Cobain ]was a feminist. A lot of the bashing against Courtney [Love] I think has to deal with gender bias and the media, and I think that he liked that she was taking the attention off of him.

Frank [Zappa]'s music was never for the mass audience. His music contains specific kinds of information that you won't find elsewhere in rock and roll.

Ministers must not be able to set rules governing solicitors on a whim, to suit their own requirements.

Before you can transform your wallet from poor to rich, you've got to transform your spirit from poor to rich.

The world's state sponsor of terrorism is now on path, sanctioned by the United States, to create nuclear weapons. We are going to make it possible for them.

One thing I'm interested in is what shapes us: the people? The place where we live? It's both of those and more. That's what I keep coming back to.

My mother is the most supportive mother in the world, she's magical.