"It creates a conflict of interest - what songs would I use for me, and what would I use for the band."

“I believe I've always been a big believer in equality. No one has ever been able to tell me I couldn't do something because I was a girl.”

Source : "How your neighborhood coffee shop is brewing geniuses". Interview with Paul Solman, www.pbs.org. January 21, 2016.

“...the first casualty (of this crisis) had been the United Nations. It would need an immense effort, an almost superhuman effort, to restore the prestige of that organization”

“Funny how you dig yourself into a hole by the teaspoon.”

Source : Lionel Shriver (2011). “We Need to Talk about Kevin”, p.53, Counterpoint Press

“What once was cuddled must learn to kiss, The cold worm's mouth. That's all the mystery.”

“When you flow like water you bring all of your talents and resources to your creative work... Flow around every obstacle you encounter, including any you've erected yourself.”

“I drink to feel / I smoke to breathe / Just look what love / Has done to me”

“If you were buying products or going to movies based upon the politics of the people involved, well I probably couldn't go to half the movies I go to.”

Source : Source: www.macleans.ca

“Science and religion are both the same thing. They're there; they're life. If it's not science, it's not a fact.”