...The two great turning-points of my life were when my father sent to Oxford, and when society sent me to prison.

The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

Always forgive your enemies nothing annoys them so much.

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

Everyone may not be good, but there's always something good in everyone. Never judge anyone shortly because every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

Be yourself; everyone else is taken.

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.

Do you love me enough that I am allowedto be damaged? Do you love me enough that I am allowed to be weak in some places?

I'd rather go with something eccentric--but beautifully eccentric.

I'm mad about God! That's why I'm divine.

In Ireland, I don't get asked out much. English boys are a lot more flirty.

Vocal arrangements are something I'm working a lot with for the new songs.

I always had that desire to become a great athlete.

I'd love to work more with the American Indians, my people.

Every crime destroys more Edens than our own

Kylie Minogue is the greatest thing that has happened to Australian music.

I want to keep my life as unfettered as possible. So maybe I'll just pretend to get rare books from my catalogue, and not really get them.