The Bible: a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalise mankind.

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.

A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.

He who dares not offend cannot be honest.

[A]ll churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Muslim, are simply human inventions. They use fear to enslave us. They are a monopoly for power and profit.

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.

Religion is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalize humankind; and, for my part, I sincerely detest it as I detest everything that is cruel.

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

Experience which destroys innocence also leads one back to it.

Self is the only prison that can ever bind the soul.

I don't think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains.

I have no secrets; all of these things have been discussed at length in guitar magazines over the years but are far too elaborate to cover in one article.

Strong I am one of those who never knows the direction of my journey until I have almost arrived.

By ignoring tomorrow, we undermine today.

That's where depression hits you most - your home life. It doesn't affect your work. I can't do this zany, wacky, funny thing any more. I haven't been like that for a long time.

My responsibility as a poet, as an artist, is to not look away.

It's true, I suffer a great deal-but do I suffer well? That is the question.

In some ways [the Internet]'s definitely an enemy.