I am being frank about myself in this book. I tell of my first mistake on page 850.
Life is not always good, which is why music exists.
For me, embracing my own power is about embracing my right to be an individual.
The truth is, no matter what your lifestyle or occupation, nothing can really stop you when you're allowing yourself to be exactly who you want to be.
Things won't start your life for you. I'm learning that. You have have to start your life for yourself.
I needed music today. And like always it was there for me.
Don't let ignorance blind you. Open your eyes, heart and your mind. And if you're feeling alone, know that the world can be a lonely place, but it would be lonelier without you in it.
He's bad, bad Leroy Brown, baddest dude in the whole damn town, badder than old King Kong, and meaner than a junk yard dog.
In England, life is a long process of composing oneself.
People repeat behaviour that leads to flooding their brains with pleasurable chemicals. The short-term reward loop acts over hours to years, and the long-term reproductive success loop over generations.
I was like one of those nauseatingly nice children. I was very, very well behaved and boring.