I usually like to get people in because I don't have a band or anything. In cities where I have friends, I try to get them to come out and dance for me.

For I am coconut / and the heart of me / is sweeter / than you know.

I don't want to have to compromise my morals in order to make a living.

I like creating beauty out of scary things.

I don't think I know anyone who has a steady job in Montreal.

Before you hate something you should try to understand it.

I can't censor myself; it's really important for me to say how I feel.

From an early age I knew I would be unhappy if I wasn't doing something creative.

By the time I'm 50, there is probably going to be a nuclear holocaust. I should just enjoy myself.

If you tell someone you're doing something innovative, they'll think you're doing something innovative.

Just because something might not have a deep philosophical meaning doesn't mean it's not important or relevant.

Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.

The holy war is within.

(on learning Westlife had beaten Oasis, U2 and The Beatles in an album chart battle in November 2006): There is no God.

Books have the power to change and transform your life like few other things you have.

If people have to choose between freedom and sandwiches they will take sandwiches.

It's hard to be humble, when you're as great as I am.

My school of thought is, anything goes, but I can't do that anymore.

she considered the possibility of telling her about everything that was happening, but then she changed her mind; people never learn anything by being told; they have to find out for themselves.

The simpler it is, the better I like it.

Impartiality is not neutrality. It is partiality for justice.