Songs are like ropes that you can kind of hang on to or pull yourself up on.

I don't do anything in order to cause trouble. It just so happens that what I do naturally causes trouble. I'm proud to be a troublemaker.

Women are to be valued for so much more than their sexuality. We aren’t merely objects of desire.

I understand that we are actually complicated people but we are also dreadfully simple.

I don't believe in any kind of artistic snobbery or musical snobbery. You know, to me, the sexiest and the most spiritual words ever uttered in rock and roll are wop babaloo balop bam boom.

Maybe it was mean, but I really don't think so. You asked for the truth and I told you.

When you dishonor the the utter glory and majesty of black people, you lie. Your heart lies to you and you let it

I grew up in a situation of extreme abuse, but there was no chance to talk about it, so music became the escape if you like.

At some point the entire population of the earth is gonna have to look back at the kind of essence of spirituality which is basically caring about each other.

We have a tradition of passing our history orally and singing a lot of it and writing songs about it and there's kind of a calling in Irish voices when they're singing in their Irish accent.

When I kissed you, you didn't mind. I thought I tasted of too many cigarettes, but you tasted like wine.

A quotation can often give the best advice.

Dreams without deadlines are dead in the water. Deadlines are really lifelines to achieving our goals.

You may be born thousands of years from now, but over the boundaries of time I am sending you my love and wishing you a joyful and wonderful life.

A breakup is a loss to both parties

I always made my food congenial to my constitution, and my health was always excellent.

The Republican Party is a composition of the members of the party and not just the leadership.

You don't wanna hear the truth, so I'ma lie to you...make it sound fly to you.

It is not hard work that is dreary; it is superficial work.

Venus, thy eternal sway All the race of men obey. Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis. He is not a lover who does not love for ever.

Sometimes a simple question could have a complicated answer.