I wish to remain nameless And live without shame 'Cause what's in a name, Oh I still remain the same

Hands up if you’re ready to do something you’ll regret this weekend. Go forth! You have my blessing.

I think I should get a bigger between-the-song persona, so then I'm not wandering around the stage like some mad old auntie that's saying hello to people and falling over.

When I'm singing I'm always trying to get to the highest point possible. I'd fly to the top of Buckingham Palace to sing to the queen.

I like a house party and fancy dress, a big fan of fancy dress, like dress up, costume parties.

I try to maintain a healthy dose of daydreaming, to remain sane.

Having a soul, they say, is like taking sadness and turning it into something beautiful.

If you do something with your whole heart and it's a mistake, you can live with that.

I like the idea of not being afraid of letting your imagination rule you, to feel the freedom of expression, to let creativity be your overwhelming drive rather than other things.

Sometimes I find that music is so much more attractive than love. I don’t know… It’s like some kind of euphoria, that love can’t bring to you.

You should have high expectations for yourself and others should come second.

Isolation serves as the ideal antidote to the bone-aching stresses of work.

The habit of shedding blood, or even of seeing it shed, corrupts all sentiment of humanity.

Lies are like sleeping pills. You should only use them when you absolutely have to. They spoil everything if you make a habit of them.

I think chemistry is finding something you love about a person and then transfering it to an in love kind of thing.

I feel that things happen for a reason and open up new opportunities.

Lisp ... made me aware that software could be close to executable mathematics.

There are few husbands whom the wife cannot win in the long run, by patience and love.

As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. White men adored them, Black men desired them and Black women worked for them.

There is a God within us and intercourse with heaven. [Lat., Est deus in nobis; et sunt commercia coeli.]