"The real use of gunpowder is to make all men tall."

"The eye sees what it brings the power to see."

"A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge."

"The greatest deception is forgetting that a mind at peace can weather any storm."

"If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever."

"Humans are amphibians - half spirit and half animal. As spirits they belong to the eternal world, but as animals they inhabit time."

"I was in a group called Wild Orchid and it just wasn't working. I wasn't being myself. What I should have done was say. 'Girls, it's really time for me to go on my own. I need to fulfill this dream of mine to have a solo album.' And I didn't know how to do that. I wanted to please them."

"To love truly means recognizing that kindness can heal wounds that time cannot."