Mothers and daughters generally have fairly complex relationships, and ours was made much more so by Mother’s illness. She had Parkinson’s disease, which was not diagnosed for a long time… All that made me very self-protective, because for one thing, I didn’t want to get trapped.

Many people identify their sense of self with the problems they have, or think they have.

I change my mind a lot. I usually don’t agree with what I say very much. I’m an awful liar.

Nothing on ‚Relapse‘ and very little on ‚Recovery‘ was produced by me.

I am who I am today because of my mother.

Well, there are some things that I just can’t get out of my head, and they start to annoy me after a while. Sometimes they’re of my own creation, as well – and they’re just as annoying. It’s not only other people’s ear worms that bug me, it’s my own, as well.

Not to go back is somewhat to advance, and men must walk, at least, before they dance.

I believe time wounds all heels.

‚Fame‘ exhausts me.

You can be obsessed with the bad things people say and the good things; either way, you’re obsessed with yourself, and I’m not – you can become unhinged so easily.

I used to pray that God would make me a great athlete, and He never did.

Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.

One mustn’t close one’s eyes to difficulty and to shortcomings; the more one recognizes them, the less they upset one.

It is our duty as men and women to proceed as though the limits of our abilities do not exist.

I grew up as this very carefree, happy kid then things turned darker for me. Maybe it was because I saw that the world wasn’t as happy a place as I had hoped it would be for me.

I say, beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes.

With increasing age, dullness of mind and heart sets in.

I always knew from that moment, from the time I found myself at home in that little segregated library in the South, all the way up until I walked up the steps of the New York City library, I always felt, in any town, if I can get to a library, I’ll be OK. It really helped me as a child, and that never left me.

Jealousy… is a mental cancer.

We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.

Prison was the best thing that ever happened to me.

Those who want the Government to regulate matters of the mind and spirit are like men who are so afraid of being murdered that they commit suicide to avoid assassination.

Prospering just doesn’t have to do with money.

I’ve learned never to say never.

If I love you, what business is it of yours?

Sometimes when you’ve had a long series of disappointing things happen, you can get into the very bad habit of just expecting more of what you’ve already had.

By imposing too great a responsibility, or rather, all responsibility, on yourself, you crush yourself.

Whatever good things we build end up building us.

Every man in his lifetime needs to thank his faults.

I’m very aware and very conscious of the path I chose in life, and very aware of the path I didn’t choose.

My life is my argument.

There is but an inch of difference between a cushioned chamber and a padded cell.

A mother deserves a day off to care for a sick child or sick parent without running into hardship – and you know what, a father does, too. It’s time to do away with workplace policies that belong in a ‚Mad Men‘ episode.

Once I realized that right thinking is vital to victorious living, I got more serious about thinking about what I was thinking about, and choosing my thoughts carefully.

Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.

Arthur Miller wouldn’t have married me if I had been nothing but a dumb blonde.

I grew up in an environment where being polite was taken as a weakness. So I just fought everybody.

The roots of the problems we face in the world, in our national life, and in our family and personal lives are spiritual.

The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul and a new nose; new feet, a new backbone, new ears, and new eyes. Unless a particular man made New Year resolutions, he would make no resolutions. Unless a man starts afresh about things, he will certainly do nothing effective.

People become attached to their burdens sometimes more than the burdens are attached to them.

My mother did not like children.

My whole life is a theater piece.

I don’t know what drives me to succeed.

I hated to be treated as a child. I thought it was the worst situation.

Self-talk, for me, has been the biggest thing in my life. A lot of us have a dialogue that is crap. It’s a crappy dialogue. We live in a world right now that is very external. Everything is very on the surface. Superficial. Everything. And what we’re telling ourselves is what we see on TV.

We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and our education system.

When you get to a place where you understand that love and belonging, your worthiness, is a birthright and not something you have to earn, anything is possible.

I didn’t consider myself a fashion designer at all at the time of punk. I was just using fashion as a way to express my resistance and to be rebellious. I came from the country, and by the time I got to London, I considered myself to be very stupid. It was my ambition to understand the world I live in.

I’ve had a few semi-toxic relationships, but it’s not what I look for when I’m seeing someone.

Remind yourself that winning an argument or proving your point really gets you nowhere in the long run. Win through your actions, not your words.

I don’t write so much now. I’m getting on 33, pot belly and creeping dementia.

I was a kind of hyper-intense person in my twenties and very impatient.

Lots of songs aren’t even from my experiences, but they’re about accepting… the dark things about yourself.

A lot of people like to do certain things, but they’re not that good at it. Keep going through the things that you like to do, until you find something that you actually seem to be extremely good at. It can be anything.

Oh, God, I struggle with low self-esteem all the time! I think everyone does. I have so much wrong with me, it’s unbelievable!

I have always been regretting that I was not as wise as the day I was born.

Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.

It is a hard thing to let go of mistakes we’ve made and sins. God wants us to do that because He knows the guilt and the condemnation will keep us from becoming who He has created us to be.

I put a lot of pressure on myself. I think something’s not good enough, and I won’t stop until I feel like I’ve made it. I’m never satisfied.

You might be tough, but you can only be so tough for so long, you know what I mean? The brain can only take so much damage. The body can only take so much damage.

We may define therapy as a search for value.