I try not to steal from myself, but the modalities create similarities.

People were very protective of me. Overly so. I was in the industry for a long time before I had any idea of what drugs people were doing.

An unhappy mother does not raise a happy child.

I loved Debussy, Stravinsky, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, anything with romantic melodies, especially the nocturnes. Nietzsche was a hero, especially with Thus Spoke Zarathustra. He gets a bad rap; hes very misunderstood. Hes a maker of individuals, and he was a teacher of teachers.

It's in my stars to invent; I was born on Madame Curie's birthday. I have this need for originals, for innovation. That's why I like Charlie Parker.

We'll laugh and toast to nothing, and smash our empty glasses down.

You snipe so steady, you snub so snide, so rip and ready to diminish and deride.