I think we were all initially swept along with the Obama win, but he's proven to be simply a set of teeth, and useless in every other regard.

Long hair is an unpardonable offense which should be punishable by death.

I normally live in Los Angeles, if you can call it normal living.

The rhino is now more or less extinct, and it's not because of global warming or shrinking habitats. It's because of Beyonce's handbags.

It's so easy to laugh, It's so easy to hate, It takes guts to be gentle and kind.

I've never intended to be controversial but it's very easy to be controversial in pop music because nobody ever is.

I do think it's possible to go through life and never fall in love, or find someone who loves you.

Robert Smith is a whingebag.

Shyness is nice, but shyness can stop you from doing all the things in life that you'd like to.

Artists aren't really people. And I'm actually 40 per cent papier mache.

He referred to me as an 'insufferable puffed-up prat'. This is a bit rich coming from a man who actually married his own mother.

We're not words...we're people. Words are how others define us, but we can define ourselves any way we choose.

The fact is - nothing comes, at least nothing good. All has to be fetched.

At the end of each year I make a list of my mistakes and it's pretty friggin long.

Now my mother, interestingly enough, was not a feminist in her own mind.

It's not enough to be talented. It's not enough to work hard and to study late into the night. You must also become intimately aware of the methods you use to reach your decisions.

Individual responsibility, hard work, paying attention in school, faith, family all these things are important.

Some nights I sleep like a baby. Other nights it's, Oh God, I just came up with a bomb shot.

You will be civilized on the day you can spend a long period doing nothing, learning nothing, and improving nothing, without feeling the slightest amount of guilt.

My advice for young people is that, if you want to be a musician, the thing to do is practice eight hours a day.

Our judges are as honest as other men and not more so. They have, with others, the same passions for party, for power, and the privilege of their corps.