We needed something to express our joy, our beauty, our power. And the rainbow did that.

I decided that we should have a flag, that a flag fit us as a symbol, that we are a people, a tribe if you will. And flags are about proclaiming power, so it's very appropriate.

My parents and I didn't speak for 10 years. It took a long time to rebuild that relationship.

The rainbow flag is a symbol of freedom and liberation that we made for ourselves.

But there is in everything a reasonable division of labour. I have written the book, and nothing on earth would induce me to read it.

We spent time on Burma and the need for the military regime there to understand that they shouldn't fear the voices of people. And yet they do.

Does love survive? Yes, I thought, somewhere in some place it is saved and made sacred.

There is a form of clean energy, renewable and absolutely free that too often underestimate: human warmth.

Music that is born complex is not inherently better or worse than music that is born simple.

Be ready for when your time comes, you will have that window of opportunity, so seize the moment and capitalise on it.

All human beings are Actors (they act!) and Spectators (they observe!).

The backbone of surprise is fusing speed with secrecy.

I like to play video games like 'Rock Band' and 'Guitar Hero.'

Where we have good, testable explanations, they then have to be tested, and we drop the ones that fail the tests.