"When raindrops hit the tin roof it's crazy. That's a metaphor, did I lose you baby?"

“I grew up in a house that had a whole lot of trouble. As much trouble as you could imagine.”

“Sex itself only exists in relation to procreation. That's one of the reasons why I sometimes object - and it's just a theoretical objection, but it's worth thinking about - to the whole notion that one calls what people of the same sex do "sexual relations." As a matter of fact, they have precisely turned their back on sexual relations, in order to engage in acts of mutual pleasure that have nothing whatsoever to do with sexuality.”

“So I don't really have a clear plan, in terms of music, as to where I want to head in the future.”

Source : Interview with Spence D., www.ign.com. July 9, 2004.

“I could feel myself changing physically. It was like something dropped out of the sky. Seeing her on the fire escape had given me a certain feeling, and then when I saw the photograph of her, it gave me a similar feeling. And I thought that was an incredibly powerful thing - that a photograph could give you a feeling that was similar to a feeling you had in the physical world. Nobody could've told me that. I knew what I was going to do for the rest of my life.”

“Many centuries ago, Oriental thinkers recognized that the mind is a constant mover and that it is next to impossible to stop it altogether. But one can learn to manage it by skillful use of the handle of control. They compared the mind to a jumping monkey. To intensify the image, they added that the monkey was maddened; then someone got him drunk; and finally, a scorpion bit him.”

Source : ERVIN SEALE (1971). “TAKE OFF FROM WITHIN”

“The irony is this: Our bodies react to stress in exactly the same way whether or not we have a good reason for being stressed. The body doesn't care if we're right or wrong. Even in those times when we feel perfectly justified in getting angry - when we tell ourselves it's the healthy response - we pay for it just the same”

“I'm every bourgeois nightmare - a Cockney with intelligence and a million dollars.”

“When you're dealing with new and emerging diseases, you have no idea and you can't predict in advance what would happen.”

Source : "10 years after SARS outbreak, WHO boss shares lessons learned". Interview with Helen Branswell, toronto.ctvnews.ca. March 5, 2013.