Sooner or later we learn to throw the past away, history will teach us nothing.

I exist in a state of almost perpetual hysteria.

My logic's been drowned in a sea of emotion.

I do my best work when I am in pain and turmoil.

I was famous overnight. I went from nowhere to being really big.

I realize that nothing's as it seems.

It's a big enough umbrella, but it's always me that ends up getting wet.

One of the rewards of success is freedom. the ability to do whatever you like.

Nothing comes from violence and nothing ever could, for all those born beneath an angry star, lest we forget how fragile we are.

Without the breath of real freedom we're getting nowhere fast.

Hell is full of high court judges.

I've only paid lip service to spiritual life.

There's no religion but sex and music.

I think love has something to do with allowing a person you claim to love to enter a larger arena than the one you create for them.

I can't really change my life to accommodate people who are jealous. I don't see why I should.

It's never easy to write a song. It's the most difficult thing I do.

If you love somebody, set them free.

I went off to fight some battle that I'd invented inside me.

Honor the community you come from. Tell their stories.