I was compelled to perform. When I say perform, I was compelled to go out and do my engagements and not let people down and support them and love them. In a way, by being out in public, they supported me although they weren't aware of just how much healing they were giving me. It carried me through.

It's not sissy to show your feeling.

You have so much pain inside yourself that you try & hurt yourself on the outside because you want help.

I understand that change is frightening for people, especially if there's nothing to go to. It's best to stay where you are. I understand that.

[On the birth of son William:] Thank goodness he hasn't got ears like his father.

Perhaps we're too embarrassed to change or too frightened of the consequences of showing that we actually care. But why not risk it anyway? Begin today. Carry out a random act of seemingly senseless kindness, with no expectation of reward or punishment, safe in the knowledge that one day, someone somewhere might do the same for you.

The worse illness of our time, is that so many people have to suffer from never being loved