"Many people think of me as a perfectionist, someone who polishes and shines each song and performance. I've always been bothered by that assumption."

“The only thing I want to be satisfied in life is to do one reunion tour with Guns N Roses. I would like to finish what I started with them.”

“For me Greece is Maria Farantouri. This is how I imagined Goddess Hera to be: strong, pure and vigilant. I have never encountered any other artist able to give me such a strong sense of the divine.”

Source : "'L'Abeille et l'architecte' ('The Bee and the Architect')". Book by François Mitterrand, 1980.

“Time is a river rolling into nowhere. We must live while we can, and we'll drink our cup of laughter.”

Source : Song: The Finer Things, Album: Back in the High Life

“To be famous when you are young is the fortune of the gods.”

“The science is crystal clear: we humans are the primary cause of global warming, and we face a bleak future if we fail to act quickly.”

Source : Joseph J. Romm (2007). “Hell and high water: global warming - the solution and the politics - and what we should do”, William Morrow & Co

“Let us be brave in the face of adversity.”

“Below me Rontu was running along the cliffs barking at the screaming gulls. Pelicans were chattering as they finished the blue water. But suddenly I thought of Tutok, and the island seemed very quiet.”

“The most effective weapon against crime is cooperation... The efforts of all law enforcement agencies with the support and understanding of the American people.”