The extravagant and ostentatious lifestyles that pass for charisma in a time when almost anybody talks about charisma but if you think about it there's precious little to be seen.

When kids can't afford to see it anymore maybe we'll have a whole resurgence of garage bands all over America and this New Wave thing will start to mean something on a grass roots level.

The first mistake of art is to assume that it's serious.

Style is originality; fashion is fascism. The two are eternally and unalterably opposed.

Music, you know, true music not just rock 'n' roll, chooses you.

A hero is a goddam stupid thing to have in the first place and a general block to anything you might wanta accomplish on your own.

The only questions worth asking today are whether humans are going to have any emotions tomorrow, and what the quality of life will be if the answer is no.

Realizing that life is precious the natural tendency is to trample on it, like laughing at a funeral.

Sometimes I think nothing is simple but the feeling of pain.

The whole point of American culture is to pick up any old piece of trash and make it shine with more facets than the Hope Diamond.

John Lennon at his best despised cheap sentiment and had to learn the hard way that once you've made your mark on history those who can't will be so grateful they'll turn it into a cage for you.

Wer ein Theater füllen will, bedient sich der Dramaturgie. Um es zu leeren genügt Ideologie.

A love where no one gets hurt doesn't exist.

The amazing feeling that triggers the fountain of words that flow in my belly.

I go by instinct - I don't worry about experience.

You'll never succeed with people who devalue you!

Every principle has a promise.

Maruman does not loll.

Whenever anger comes up, take out a mirror and look at yourself. When you are angry, you are not very beautiful.

As an investor with small capital, one should prefer businesses that have high returns on capital and that require little incremental investment to grow.

I made up my mind to keep my feelings to myself since they did not seem to matter to anyone else but me.