Be right, and then be easy to live with, if possible, but in that order.
I somehow hope - naïve though I may be, utopian, possibly - that my music has some kind of calming effect on the universe, that it's somehow beneficial to people.
Being born into the Royal Family is like being born into a mental asylum. Marrying into it is not something to be taken lightly.
If you really want the truth of anything, don't use Wikipedia.
You never know how things will work out. After all the bad reasons in the world, some good came out.
Over the years, during television interviews, whenever the host or the reviewer or whoever gets cynical and nasty with me, I will behave accordingly. I will defend myself.
I wanted to wear the most impenetrable suit of armour ever known to mankind. 'Hello, Mr. Rotten. . . ' You can't say anything about me. You can't put me down in any way shape or form - I'm rotten to the core. . . you know, what's left for you? Pleasantries? I suppose the worst insult you could sling my way is 'Oh, he's really nice, him. '
Marriage is not for me. I tell you that I am Blank Verse. I am talent, and I do not rhyme with Love. I am talent and I do not rhyme with man.
When you direct your first film, you always start by telling stories that you are familiar with
If you don't like being attacked for your point of view, you shouldn't be in politics in the first place.
They laughed at Edison and Einstein, but somehow I still feel uncomfortable when they laugh at me.