You want to go in the steam bath to get your vocals sounding well, but you don't want your fingers to get soft.

Each gig should be unique. You're always treading that line between keeping yourself fresh and giving people something they want to hear

When I'm gone, people will no doubt remember me for Queen, but I would much rather be remembered for attempting to change the way we treat our fellow creatures.

I never took sheet music seriously. I could do better myself just by listening to other people and using my own intuition.

I really thought I was pretty good before I saw Hendrix, and then I thought: Yeah, not so good.

The biggest emotion in creation is the bridge to optimism.

There is no way that you can ever really repeat something. I have this great belief that the magic of the moment can never be recaptured.

I have to build my own boat this time. It's a big sea out there, and I have a pretty small boat. I have a lot of belief in it.

What is left of your dream? Just the words on your stone. A man who learned how to teach then forgot how to learn.

I despise the Lottery. There's less chance of you becoming a millionaire than there is of getting hit on the head by a passing asteroid.

The guitar has a kind of grit and excitement possessed by nothing else.

The failure of a person is wrapped in his ignorance about his strengths.

It is hard to remember that you are a cherished spiritual being when you're burping up apple fritters and Cheetos.

Know this. If you're here to hurt my ship, or my crew, I will make sure you truly do know sufferi

To me, the stand up part in my life is great. I know I can do that. When I get an acting chance, I'm really thrilled.

There are thousands of very, very talented artists who will never be known, even after they are dead.

Be the weirdest little weird in all Weird Town.

Sometimes I wonder if, instead of falling madly in love, we should aspire to fall sanely in love. But then, what would be the point?

We cannot be liberated as women in a society built on class oppression or gender oppression or religious oppression.

Kill two birds with one stone, feed the homeless to the hungry.

The shimmering night does not stay for mortals, not misfortunes, nor wealth, but in a moment it is gone, and to the turn of another comes joy and loss.