
“Everybody is born good and everybody has got the same size soul. We're here to connect with that.”
at St Quentin during the videoshoot for St Anger
Shades of the World (1985)
“Everybody is born good and everybody has got the same size soul. We're here to connect with that.”
at St Quentin during the videoshoot for St Anger
Cold Turkey (2004)
Context: I have to say this in defense of humankind: No matter in what era in history, including the Garden of Eden, everybody just got there. And, except for the Garden of Eden, there were already all these crazy games going on, which could make you act crazy, even if you weren’t crazy to begin with. Some of the games that were already going on when you got here were love and hate, liberalism and conservatism, automobiles and credit cards, golf and girls’ basketball.
Even crazier than golf, though, is modern American politics, where, thanks to TV and for the convenience of TV, you can only be one of two kinds of human beings, either a liberal or a conservative.
“And everybody got they opinions
But they ain't got no money”
"Time" (feat. Monty)
Reverence for Life (1969)
Context: I do not want to frighten you by telling you about the temptations life will bring. Anyone who is healthy in spirit will overcome them. But there is something I want you to realize. It does not matter so much what you do. What matters is whether your soul is harmed by what you do. If your soul is harmed, something irreparable happens, the extent of which you won't realize until it will be too late.
“Life's got to be lived, no matter how long or short. You got to take what comes.”
Source: Tuck Everlasting
“What really matters?
It's all we've got
Isn't that enough?”
Song lyrics, The Red Shoes (1993)
“Celebrity is a corrosive condition for the soul.”
I have tried to restrain its inroads on me, but there are odd corners of my character that have been harmed.
Sunday Times interview (1990)