"Governments ... should not force and govern belief, which is a matter for the heart and conscience not for temporal authorities."

“Yes, my first memory of singing, in general, was of a Christmas song. And then listening to Christmas music was really the first music I was ever connected to.”

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

“I don't listen to my own stuff unless I've been drinking a lot.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com

“I feel that as long as you're honest, you have the opportunity to grow. It's when you shut down, go into denial, and try to start hiding things from yourself and others, that's when you lock in certain behaviors and attitudes that keep you stuck.”

“The wrecks of slavery are fast growing a fungus crop of sentiment.”

“Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.”

Source : The Rambler, No. 103, March 12, 1751.

“I think Deepika is the best looking girl and actor in Bollywood.”

“I'm not interested in being gratuitously relatable and broadening out what I do in order to reach more people. When I'm going into specific details of the trauma, I think it's the details that connect with people. I'm accidentally relatable - I didn't mean to be, and I didn't think I would be. It feels like what I'm saying on stage is quite shameful and possibly perverted; so for other people to be laughing and go, "Oh, yes, we understand that. We are like that too," is very lovely.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

“Accumulating love brings luck, accumulating hatred brings calamity.”