You know, if I can survive marching band, I can survive anything.

My mom. She really encouraged me. That's the trouble with education: Unless you have a really supportive parent, you get left behind.

I really don't care what people say. It's amazing that feminism continues to exist at all, considering how much counter-feminism is out there.

There's a side of me that identifies with Aileen Wuornos.

Love is such a fleeting emotion. It's such a small part of the things you do in your life.

In New York City, when they develop something, they never use the old buildings. It's so wasteful. Why not use what's there?

Public radio is the last oasis of free and independent music. For satellite radio channels, you have to subscribe; commercial stations are as corporate as basic cable.

I will say that art may well be the only thing that lasts, so I guess it's worth trying.

I never know how to get off the phone, so I'm terribly admiring of people who can.

I kind of go for the MGM version of every musical style.

The civilised cultures are the most cruel. It's the same with education - often it breeds sadistic forms of cruelty.

When people see you're happy doing what you're doing, it sort of takes the power away from them to tease you about it.

A labyrinthine man never seeks the truth, but only his Ariadne.

How I wish the mass media had christened me Joe instead of Joey. I hate Joey, not going to lie. Nobody I respect calls me it.

We would root out terrorism if the BSP comes to the centre

Space travel will be like every other business. There will be competitors. . . . Thirty months from now, I'm confident we'll be flying people into space.

Early in my career, I had no consistency. Now I'm the most consistent player on the tour. It feels pretty good.

After you run, there's a sense of accomplishment; you feel like your life is meaningful. It's a moment of clarity.

They are just 100 per cent bear, whereas human beings feel we're not 100 per cent human, that we're always letting ourselves down. We're constantly striving towards something, to some fulfilment.

I make plenty of mistakes and I'll make plenty more mistakes, too. That's part of the game. You've just got to make sure that the right things overcome the wrong ones.

You can cry, ain't no shame in it.