“Better to build a bridge than a wall.”

Love is the key we must turn, truth is the flame we must burn.

I had to learn how to function as a human being. And I really enjoyed that process.

Fame attracts lunatics.

You don’t know being a performer what kind of performance you’re going to give. You know you can give a certain quality of performance, but as I grow older I’m much more content in my own skin because when I come offstage, I have a balance in my life.

Music has healing power. It has the ability to take people out of themselves for a few hours.

You should never take more than you give.

We live in an age, in an era where there is so much negativity, there is so much violence in the world, there is so much unrest and people are at war, that I wanted to promote the word love and red signifies love.

I’ve always wanted to smash a guitar over someone’s head. You just can’t do that with a piano.

I have an optimistic view of everything. You have to, otherwise you’d go nuts.

Like a candle in the wind, never knowing who to cling to until the rain set it.

Sometimes when I’m flying over the Alps I think, ‘that’s like all the cocaine I sniffed.’

There’s a time for everyone, If they only learn, that the twisting kaleidoscope moves us all in turn.

You and your oven are capable of great things,Remember, no two ovens are the same.

Drunk all the time, feeling fine on elderberry wine.

I had no balance in my life. I was this one person onstage and this person offstage, who really didn’t know much about living.

It’s very important to have two tiaras when you’re on the road. You never know when you’ll be invited to something really formal.

Dressing up is like therapy; I feel better in myself when I’ve made an effort.

Prison makes you a better judge of character. You pick up on people much faster.

When something good comes your way, you better feel fortunate, because it doesn’t last forever.

No. I probably do better not being in politics. They have too much control over you when you are in politics.

I like my raps, but I’m never too happy with some of ’em because I feel like they could be better.

It’s better to have a bad plan then no plan at all.

There’s nothing better than having a bottle of beer in your hand in the waves.

The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.