You don't want a whole bunch of yes people around you.

Cause you mean the world to me, you are my everything; I swear the only thing that matters, matters to me.

Performing live is the greatest high in the world. That's why I do what I do

I'll probably be 80 years old and still performing. Music is like fashion, it changes. But some things will always be the same.

I'm not a diva. I'm a tadpole trying to be a frog.

I can imagine you touching my private parts. With just the thought of you I can't help, but touch myself.

I take an active role in my imaging and how I look.

How could an Angel break my heart? Why didn't he catch my falling star? I wish I didn't wish so hard. Maybe I wished our love apart.

I can't record in the morning because I sound like Barry White.

When you take high risks, the rewards are higher. So sometimes I'll gamble just to see what happens. If it doesn't work, I know I can't do that.

...And i can't get you out of my mind, God knows how hard I've tried.

Time: old cold time, old sorrow, settling down in layers like silt in a pond.

What would your shoes say about the things you do everyday?

I owe my first inkling of the problem of infinity to a large biscuit tin that was a source of vertiginous mystery during my childhood.

The Government may not suppress lawful speech as the means to suppress unlawful speech.

Language is a mixture of statement and evocation.

You know, honestly - look, I'm not a journalist. This is the first, you know, tragedy that I have covered on the air.

Don't be stingy with your paint, it isn't worth it.

You're worth something because God says you're worth something-not because of what people think or say about you.

I cannot describe to you the despairing sensation of trying to do something for a man who seems incapable or unwilling to do anything further for himself.

Our parents got to be kids. Now it's our turn.