“My focus is to forget the pain of life. Forget the pain, mock the pain, reduce it. And laugh.”

If you give up on your dreams, what’s left?

Maybe there is no actual place called hell. Maybe hell is just having to listen to our grandparents breathe through their noses when they’re eating sandwiches.

For the most sensitive among us, the noise can be too much.

We had problems like all families but we had a lot of love. I was extremely loved. We always felt we had each other.

I love playing ego and insecurity combined.

I don’t believe in hope. Hope is a beggar. Hope walks through the fire, faith leaps over it.

Originality is really important.

Flowers don’t worry about how they’re going to bloom. They just open up & turn toward the light & that makes them beautiful.

If done right, kidnapping can be a positive experience for everyone.

Compassion is the currency that leads to true wealth.

I’ve always believed that you can funnel good things toward yourself by thinking positiviely.

Everything you gain in life will rot and fall apart, and all that will be left of you is what was in your heart.

One thing I hope I’ll never be is drunk with my own power. And anybody who says I am will never work in this town again.

Everything can be made fun of. The most serious things are ripe for making fun of them.

The effect you have on others is the most valuable currency there is.

Human things have long since jumped the shark.

When you have more than two people working together, it gets a bit unfocused as an idea.

Don’t aim to be the best, aim to do the best.

My main focus when I do my makeup is my eyes – I accentuate my eyes, and they look bigger. More ‘va va voom,’ I guess you can say.

It is my art. I am better at it than I ever was. And I will do it as long as I can. When you reach a certain age you can slough off what is unnecessary and concentrate on what is. And why not?

Focus on your music and not technology.

Be driven, be focused, but enjoy every moment, because it only happens once.

You know what the problem that animal activists sometimes have? They only concentrate on the heartbreaking things to the point where the general public thinks, ‘Oh, here comes those animal folks again and I’m going to hear all the things I don’t want to hear.’

I’m not aiming for a knockout. I focus on doing my best. If the knockout comes, fine. If not, that’s okay.