I was born with six fingers on each hand.

I am terrible at video games and I am really competitive. And if I am not the best at something, I go absolutely crazy!

I always thought I was going to end up an old spinster, with my cats and fur coats.

I don't want to be about the way I look - my body, my hair, my makeup, all those boring things.

I was in lots of dodgy bands growing up and I always fancied myself in a band. But, you know, I was rubbish at writing music. So maybe one day I'll play a rock star, or punk rocker.

When I go home, everyone's very proud. I get recognized the most when I go back to my hometown, but it's in a really sweet way. They're just very proud and supportive.

I've never understood people that sleep around. I think there's something very lacking in your life when you do, not to be judgmental.

I have this attitude to life that is not to take anything too seriously and not worry about anything, and when I met him I wasn't too nervous and I was being myself.

My family are very down-to-earth people. We are not showbizzy at all.

I was quite naughty at school.

I actually had a cockney accent before I went to drama school. It's softened up a bit.

Success is not what you have done compared to what others have done. Success is what you have done compared to what you were supposed to do.

We need to bless instead of condemning, we need to learn to stand for the truth of God and for our rights

I know what I've done for music, but don't call me a legend. Just call me Miles Davis.

Being religious is quintessentially American.

When I finish a sentence, after much labor, it's finished. A certain point comes at which you can't do any more work on it because you know it will kill the sentence.

I don’t think we can solve the outside problems until we solve the ones within.

I used to hate England because they ruled my country but I am happy they gave us the game of cricket, which they can't play very well, and the English language, which I can't speak very well.

The beating heart of the universe is holy joy.

I had a number of great teachers and the ones that really were the strongest influences on me were women. They were really, really smart and interesting women.

The intellect is not a serious thing, and never has been. It is an instrument on which one plays, that is all.