You can't close your eyes to the lies perpetrated by dangerous fools / 'cos they're handing out rules

Real talent will get through whatever the obstacles.

My life is so full of surprises, nothing surprises me any more.

When I was 15, I was naive, looked like a grey mouse and felt second choice.

I don't take myself seriously any more. Sometimes I just garden in my knickers and platform shoes.

My parents have a wonderful marriage, for many years. But I can't commit myself for such a long time.

Performing, I can take it or leave it. Horticulture is far more challenging. I'm absolutely fascinated by it.

My father has taught me all the tricks of the boys at an early age, which has made me very careful.

Dad is my best mate and I can tell Mum absolutely anything. I really appreciate Mum and Dad. Why are we so close? Young parents, I think. The rock business keeps their minds young.

When you're together with someone for some time, you will automatically depend on them as if they were a crutch. And then it ends.

I don't mind being laughed at: that's something I really don't mind, and I think that's kept me sane. My ability to laugh at myself and allow others to laugh at me has been my saving grace.

He died that day because his body had served its purpose. His soul had done what it came to do, learned what it came to learn, and then was free to leave.

May the crushed spirit revived.

A boy is holding a girl so very tight in his arms tonight.

I have often seen an actor laugh off the stage, but I don't remember ever having seen one weep.

A politician must have some scruples, a certain decency; he cannot smear himself in the mud for the sake of a high ideal.

If the existence of human beings leads to nothing, what is all this comedy about?

I know [Rudy Giuliani] call the protesters crybabies.

What is it that really makes us, us? It's our collective intelligence. It's our ability to write things down, our language and our consciousness.

Don't look at the world with your hands in your pockets. To write about it you have to reach out and touch it.

I can understand people wanting to look their best, and taking basic steps to do it, but I kind of admire people who are comfortable enough in their own skin to be who they are.