General Sayings

No one told me I was going to be interviewed by a Muslim.

It's hard to be impartial to the man [Musharraf] who exiled me and threw my husband in prison.

We look up to you as an example of our fight against communism.

You don't write the kind of songs I write just being a conventional type of songwriter.

It's frightening because not only are they bothering me but they're horrible to look at, too.

He's died, he's dead. Hopefully we can continue the legacy he has given a lot of kids and a lot of people.

If I said in one of my songs that my English teacher wanted to have sex with me in junior high, all...

The products suck! There's no sex in them anymore!

The risks created by artificial intelligence can seem overwhelming, but we've done it before.

Some of their responses were Neanderthal.

Achievement unlocked: have been compared to Hitler by 2 different Reddit trolls!

If you want to judge my thinking, look at the Sun.

It doesn't make sense for me to go over and shake somebody's hand.

If you can prove that someone genuinely did [performance-enhancing drugs] on purpose, then ban them for life.

I do not even hate the Talib who shot me. Even if there was a gun in my hand and he was standing in front of me, I would not shoot him.

Violence in real life is terrible; violence in movies can be cool. It's just another colour to work with.

The man who alters his way of thinking to suit others is a fool.

For pure will, unassuaged of purpose, delivered from the lust of result, is every way perfect.

Historians are dangerous and capable of turning everything upside down. They have to be watched.

Of what good is democracy if it is not for the poor?