You write a lot of bad songs before you write good ones. It takes time!

Edie Sedgwick had a cool style; she pushed the envelope for the time.

I don't wanna be Courtney Love - I wanna be Kurt Cobain.

You can wear anything as long as you put a nice pair of shoes with it.

I don't believe there's a hole in the ground with demons in it but I could be wrong. Hell is all around us - it's the way we treat each other and the way we treat the Earth. We already live in it.

I'm just living my life, and I'm not gonna live my life for other people.

'Darkness' is a subjective word; it depends what your viewpoint is and how you live life.

You can spend your whole life planning. But once you're ready, get out there and start doing it.

My lyrics are my diary - you're hearing every detail of my life.

Generally, I like making my own mistakes and learning from them because that's what I think life is about.

I'm pretty, but I'm not, like, a 'pretty girl.'

That's what marriage is, isn't it? Taking the rough with the smooth. At least, that's what it should be.

Inexpensive phones and pay-as-you go services are already spreading mobile phone technology to many parts of that world that never had a wired infrastructure.

PERFECTION, n. An imaginary state of quality distinguished from the actual by an element known as excellence; an attribute of the critic.

Do not think a man has done his full duty when he has performed the work assigned him. A man will never rise if he does only this. Promotion comes from exceptional work.

I conceive of nothing, in religion, science or philosophy, that is more than the proper thing to wear, for a while.

No one is self-sufficient. And it's not a one-way thing- -the generosity of spirit from one side provokes a response in kind from the other side.

Do not wait for ideal circumstances, nor the best opportunities; they will never come.

I've been fortunate enough to do pretty well in playoffs. I feel pretty comfortable in them.

To arrive where you are, to get from where you are not / You must go by a way wherein there is no ecstasy.

if you want to create art, you'd best have a deep belief in yourself and no ulterior motives.