The recession is everywhere. We need to be heard. Wouldn't it be great if there could be more referendums so we could have regular voting on specific points?

I only watch TV when I go to hotels.

To me, music has to be about freedom. It's the most important thing in my life.

Life is good. Or at least, it's always interesting.

Who says soul has only one colour?

I'm supposed to be taking time off. But I'm still writing and I have this Gap advert lined up.

If you remember one thing from talking to me, remember this: I am just a girl who makes noises - and I'm incredibly lucky that people happen to like those noises.

It's like, 'You're not allowed to change. That's not fair. We like you like this.' But I don't. So let me expand and express myself.

It's ok to be sassy, but I'll never be trashy, it's ok to be nasty, but you got to keep it classy now

It would just be nice if everybody would be nice.

If I could be a doctor and save lives I would, but I can't so I sing songs.

Keep out of this, " Lucian said. "I'm not smiting anybody.""You're showing mercy." Catch-a-Tick nodded. "That's heroic, too. But not as good as smiting.

Most people see what is, and never see what can be.

Ignorance breeds fear; the more you learn about your subject, the less fear it holds for you.

In life sciences, we find a reasonable balance between men and women. In engineering and computer science, we have a major problem. A very small percentage of women will be in computer science.

My job is not to produce answers. My job is to produce good questions.

I'm very frustrated by fear of imagination. I don't think that's healthy.

It's hard to get personal films off the ground, and it's hard developing them.

You've got a fairly good idea as to what the questions are going to be. But how to record the best answer is another matter.

I probably have not killed anyone in America because I write, I've maintained good controls over myself by writing.

It is Christlike work to soothe and sympathize, and only those who have drunk the cup of sorrow are fully equipped to do it.