She was partial to the tie. Not too long ago he did unspeakable things to her with that tie.

On the way out, I hug Mum, holding her close. 'Thank you, ' I whisper. 'For dinner - and for everything.'Mum smiles and strokes my cheek. 'There's nothing to thank me for.

Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.

I never met a person who loved everybody I didn't dislike.

I can't imagine laying a finger on my kids. I go the other way and probably because my father was so abusive.

I think if you ask what people really mean by happiness today, it is the experience of unlimited consumption - the kind of thing Mr. Huxley described in "Brave New World."

Creativity can solve almost any problem.

Being in a band you can wear whatever you want - it’s like an excuse for Halloween everyday.

It sort of depends on the song. Some of them are pretty easy to write, and others take a while. I do a lot of writing in the morning.

We travel, in essence, to become young fools again - to slow time down and get taken in, and fall in love once more.

Better make penitents by gentleness than hypocrites by severity.