What brings me the most joy is stories about progressive thinking. When a mother or father accepts their child for whoever they are... when goodness prevails... blah blah blah. I'm a cheese ball.

My motto is water off a duck's back. Meaning: don't let negativity weigh you down, perpetuate positive thinking.

In my world, everything has the potential to be funny. Joyful things, painful things... It's all about how you view it and if you're able to take an objective stance on the situation.

What makes me angry is closed mindedness, prejudice against those who are different from you, reveling in one's own ignorance.

If one wants to be called a queen, one should act with civility and grace.

Gwyneth Paltrow -- she always looks like she's about to cry. I wish someone would just kick her and get it over with. But I loved her in The Royal Tenenbaums.

When you aimlessly shoot for lofty goals, with no personal connection to them, you loose sight of what really matters, and what will really make you content.

Don’t be afraid of change. Change happens for a reason. Roll with it. It won’t be easy, but it will be worth it.

As an artist, I'm really inspired by everything around me - from travel and art, to friends and family, social voices in media and politics. I get a lot of inspiration from daily life.

I think making the songs is to put strength in the community in some way.

Evil always turns up in this world through some genius or other.

To go beyond samsara and nirvana, we will need the two wings of emptiness and compassion. From now on, let us use these two wings to fly fearlessly into the sky of the life to come.

Mick Jagger, the greatest of all front men I've ever met in my life.

Obscurity is never a virtue.

Dear Mother, I am getting on nicely in my work at the bank, and like it ... I want to find out something about the science of money while I am at it; it is an extraordinarily interesting subject.

I grew up with all kinds of people.