"I understand people who believe that without violence they will not achieve anything at all."

“I don't know, I think that if I had any regrets, that would cancel out the great people that I have in my life. All the tough stuff that I've gone through that I don't wish on no one else has brought a beautiful community to me.”

Source : "LatinoBuzz: An Interview with Lemon Andersen" by Juan Caceres, www.indiewire.com. October 3, 2012.

“I paint - I tend more to abstraction - but not as much as I would like to because of time. I would love to do sculpture - I've toyed with the idea of fitting in a sculpture course.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“I like hats that make the heart beat faster.”

Source : "Philip Treacy: 'I like hats that make the heart beat faster'". Interview with Kate Kellaway, www.theguardian.com. July 09, 2011.

“Love is a rock against the wind. Not soft like silk and lace.”

Source : Etheridge Knight (1980). “Born of a woman: new and selected poems”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)

“I don't think that people in America are really given enough information about the Third World.”

“I am very proud of my musical growth and contributions to the band in the last four years. I have nothing but positive thoughts and feelings towards John, Mike, James, and John. Jordan Rudess is a friend of mine and a great talent. I wish all of them the very best!”

“So the first thing you need to do about conflict is to prevent it, and the best way of preventing it is by dealing with the question of poverty.”

“Hope can get you through anything.”

Source : Jamie Ford (2011). “Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet”, p.230, Allison & Busby