It's a petty thing, but I wouldn't join the Scouts when I was a kid, 'cause you had to swear allegiance to the queen. I'm just not a royalist. I think it's idiotic, a hereditary principle.

Smokey Robinson writes the heartfelt songs, whereas it was my job to write the songs about weakness and failure in love.

Good manners and bad breath will get you nowhere.

Women hear rhythm differently than men.

I wish you luck with a capital F.

When they finally put you in the ground, I'll stand on your grave and tramp the dirt down.

The radio is in the hands of such a lot of fools tryin' to anesthetize the way that you feel.