One of the things I've discovered in general about raising kids is that they really don't give a damn if you walked five miles to school.

It's toughest to forgive ourselves. So it's probably best to start with other people. It's almost like peeling an onion. Layer by layer, forgiving others, you really do get to the point where you can forgive yourself.

When I'm 80 and sitting in a rocking chair listening to the Rolling Stones, there is absolutely no way I'm going to feel old or forget my younger days.

I can't even remember how many times I tried to kill myself

I knew from a very young age that there was something very wrong with me

From the moment we walk out the door until we come back home our sensibilities are so assaulted by the world that we have to soak up as much love as we can get, simply to arm ourselves.

Reality is hard. It is no walk in the park, this thing called life.