I love dressing up. I'm from a huge African family and grew up in a really colorful place. The way I dress reflects my environment and wanting to take people into a fantasy world for half an hour.

I love the intimacy of small venues, I really do, I like that look that people have that they feel like they're special and they can hear and they can see the band as well.

We are able to speak for ourselves through our music rather than being defined and put into the spotlight in a very male kind of groomed way for an obviously predominantly male audience.

In reality, there is no such thing as absolute freedom. The rules of social interaction determine one's freedom.

Holy Jesus God, it's the Gerps shootin' us up!" the manager shouted. He hadn't known whether to say Germans or Japs, and came out with both at once.

Taste is a mystery.

If it doesn't feel right, don't do it. Trust your intuition and don't ask "why", just say no.

I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who is for or against it.

Guests are the delight of leisure, and the solace of ennui.

And now too late, we see these things are one: The art is sacrifice and self-control And who loves beauty must be stern of soul.

I trust the time is nigh when, with the universal assent of civilized people, all international differences shall be determined without resort to arms by the benignant processes of civilization.

I can no longer condemn or hate a brother for whom I pray, no matter how much trouble he causes me.

A diamond, though set in horns, is still a diamond, and sparkles in purest gold.