We all have to be dishes on a plate eventually, with the way we are marketed, but I have no intention of being a cheap Chinese all-you-can-eat buffet.

Strangely, I feel that I become increasingly reclusive in my normal life and more open and candid in my music.

I make mistakes. I say stupid things. I do idiotic things. And, quite frankly, I'm proud of them. Why not make mistakes?

I realize that of all people, I am no expert on parenting or marriage.

Sometimes I dress like what I want for lunch, because all I can think about is having a tuna sandwich.

I was brought up in many different cultures, moving around all the time, and I find my identity in my songs. I project the identity I want to have throughout the songs that I write.

When you're not part of a club, you have to find another way of surviving.

I have opinions on everything. I'm a stubborn old mule. The biggest problem is keeping my mouth shut.

The stage is my territory, my boxing ring. That's where I'm free.

I say I have a midlife crisis every time I start and finish a record.

You can only get over your fears if you attack them head on.

Food has been my career, my hobby, and, it must be said, my escape.

I'm not going to appeal to violence or aggression - of course not.

You must run around like a crazy person or walk sedately honoring the dead.

Of course it's good when you win the Champions League, the league, the golden boot. But when you win something for your country it's completely different.

When you are sick of your sickness you will cease to be sick.

A vow is fixed and unalterable determination to do a thing, when such a determination is related to something noble which can only uplift the man who makes the resolve.

A Every man has a king and a fool in him and the one you talk to reacts.

Avoidance of self deception is a matter of integrity not comfort.

Man was so engineered by God that the presence of the Creator within the creature is indispensable to His humanity.