The hardest thing is the idea. Ideas come from somewhere but as far as we know they come from nowhere.

I think writers, by nature, are more observers instead of participators.

Elvis had animal magnetism, he was even sexy to the guys, I can't imagine what the chicks used to think.

You've got to go down in order to feel better about yourself when you come up.

Can't keep you home, you're messin' around, my best friend told me you're the best trick in town.

It's good to fail now and again - you learn a lot more out of failure than you do out of success.

It seems to take me about five years to get a record together, which is not a clever idea.

Other people notice the same things but they don't think to put it to music.

It was a labor of love and they did really well.

There's kind of wisdom that must be firstly rejected before accepted.

I want to have the heart and mind of a queen, ” she whispered. “I want it more than anything. But I’m only pretending. I can’t find the feeling of it inside

The four building blocks of the universe are fire, water, gravel and vinyl.

I learned that I'm so busy with what I'm doing, so focused on what I'm doing, that I miss a lot of opportunities for interacting with people.

I thought I recognized you." Really? He remembered me looking like Swamp Thing? How flattering.

Strange is the man who practices his religion.

Some people insist that "mediocre" is better than "best." They delight in clipping wings because they themselves can't fly. They despise brains because they have none.

Since the inception of Gym Class in 1997, every member has had another musical outlet, if not three or four.

I can't tell him I need him. I can't need him, period -- or really, we can't need each other, because who knows how long either of us will last in this war?

Florence Farr once said to me, If we could say to ourselves, with sincerity, 'this passing moment is as good as any I shall ever know,' we could die upon the instant and be united with God.