I was always a bit of a loose cannon, then again I was always the artistic one: bit of a social misfit. I probably still am.

Placebo is music for outsiders, by outsiders and our gigs are like conventions of outcasts, which is cool.

I guess the line between being paranoid and being a rock star is smaller than one would expect.

Don't let small minded people dictate how you should look and be free.

I want to be a better person. I want to be a stronger person. I want to be someone who hurts less.

When people hear the word “beautiful”, they expect something to be pretty. And for me that's not always necessarily the case, y'know.

Good conversation turns me on. A connection between two people, a mental one first.

There's a hell of a lot of freedom in this rock and roll circus... it's where all the freaks go - it's the environment for me.

I feel very comfortable with the way I look, and I feel very comfortable with the kind of confusion that it creates in people's minds.

Music has touched me deeply, sometimes to tears. But at the same time it's been life-affirming, because I've been grateful for the fact that I'm alive and human and capable of being so moved.

You would not like me if you knew me.

THE RIGHTPOEM FINDS US EXACTLY WHEN IT NEEDS TO.—ATTICUS

Dave was a confirmed serotonin junkie. Any day of the year, he chose a good book, a hot cupper, and air-conditioning over jeopardy to life and limb.

If I hold back, I'm no good. I'm no good. I'd rather be good sometimes, than holding back all the time.

I like to write scenes in the middle of the night. We could change every word of Family Ties between Monday and Friday.

Refraining from false speech: speech from the heart. Undertake for one week not to gossip (positively or negatively) or speak about anyone you know who is not present with you (any third party).

If you want to find Cherry-Tree Lane all you have to do is ask the Policeman at the cross-roads.

Performance for another in no way signals the inferiority of the performer to the one for whom the performance is intended.

From breakfast, or noon at the latest, to dinner, I am mostly on horseback, Attending to My Farm or other concerns, which I find healthful to my body, mind, and affairs.

I don't know much about Americanism, but it's a damn good word with which to carry an election.

You can get everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.