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When I hit 11 so did the careers of Dylan and the Stones. A year later it was the Who and the Kinks.

When Michael Jackson sings it is with the voice of angels, and when his feet move, you can see God dancing.

It strikes me as being morally repulsive and intellectually absurd that people die of want in a world of surplus.

Mankind at its most desperate is often at its best

You can't trust politicians. It doesn't matter who makes a political speech. It's all lies - and it applies to any rock star who wants to make a political speech as well.

Physically I'm tired at the end of the day and quite glad to be reading in bed by midnight

And whereas women had to fight to find their way into the workforce, men are now fighting to reclaim their place in the family structure.

There is not a single extant study that supports all the arguments against men being with their children. It's absolute bollocks

Feed the world. Let them know it's Christmas time again.

It's really very simple, Governor. When people are hungry they die. So spare me your politics and tell me what you need and how you're going to get it to these people.

A revolutionary woman can't have no reactionary man.

It's important to be able to be a girl and be a scientist and have neither of those things affect each other.

Courage is the highest quality for a soldier, but technology is a fine substitute.

I think to be a good songwriter, you have to be able to play an instrument.

I was a Clinton Democrat for twenty years.

I look for the kind of text that doesn't look like the writer I'm considering. Plutarch is a great example.

Even when I was really young, I hated doing commercials, because I would say, "That's not real acting." And it's not. It's embarrassing what they make little kids do in commercials.

The politics, policies, the President [Barack Obama] and the American people are all pointing in the right direction to fix our immigration system and pass legislation this year.

Revolutions are good times for soldiers of talent and courage.

As to posterity, I may ask what has it ever done to oblige me?