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The crisis of the old order in Europe produced nearly 80 years of often bloody conflict between democracy and its foes from 1914 to 1991.

My parents instilled in me that life was going to be very difficult and that I'd have to work for everything.

I feel like I'm opening the doors for more people. That they feel more comfortable being out. Especially in the hip-hop community.

I've spent most of my mature life trying to prove that I'm not irresponsible.

Man, when I'm riding with the helmet on, I'm invisible. And people just deal with me as the guy on the bike... it gives you a chance to read 'em.

I’ve never cheated on a lover. I’m faithful, always. But the war comes before anyone’s feelings. Every time.” Wow. Battle before love. Without a doubt, he was the most unromantic male she’d ever met. Even more so than her great-grandfather, who had laughingly burned her great-grandmother to death after she’d given birth to Gwen’s grandmother.

Love is very dangerous if you just have love and don't have the ability to be lovable.

Because I write the music, I write the lyrics, I write the vocal melody lines - I write everything. Just because I let somebody sing something doesn't mean they're more important than the bass player or the keyboard player or the drummer.

I love Shillington not as one loves Capri or New York, because they are special, but as one loves one's own body and consciousness, because they are synonymous with being.

„Manchmal sind die Menschen, die wir am wenigsten leiden können, diejenigen, die uns im Leben am meisten beibringen.

You and I are part of the colony of heaven. Right now, we may reside here on earth, but our passport indicates that our citizenship is in heaven. We are on the earth, but not of the earth.

I have plenty of invitations to go places, lots to do. If I'm not working, I go to have my hair taken care of and work at needlepoint.

I had a hip replacement a couple of years ago. I have a song about that. And why wouldn't you? It strikes me that that was a huge event. It's kind of funny and horrible and interesting, so why wouldn't one write about that?

It's an honor putting art above politics. Politics can be seductive in terms of things reductive to the soul.

We belabour, I think, under a very heavy crust of consumerism really.

A fruit that comes forth is the desire and joy for the labour of a farmer.

I believe that if ever I had to practice cannibalism, I might manage if there were enough tarragon around.

Sometimes it's better to stop trying to make sense of things. Life isn't clear cut, there are always gray areas.

I'm not obsessed by how I look or with being reed thin, but I do think that as a woman in my 50s, I have 40 years ahead. Looking after yourself goes hand in hand with looking good.

Question of the day: Are you calling in life or death?