"I refuse to live a conventional life."
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"If you have an opinion and people disagree with you, you might not get a job. You might be blacklisted. You might have fewer followers on Instagram."
"I like to touch people's hearts."
"Cosmic systems intertwine, astral bodies drip like wine, all of nature ebbs and flows. Comets shoot across the sky, can't explain the reasons why, this is how creation goes."
"I've never really lived a conventional life, so I think it's quite foolish for me or anyone else to start thinking that I am going to start making conventional choices."
"Deep in my heart I'm concealing things that I'm longing to say. Scared to confess what I'm feeling - frightened you'll slip away."
"To be brave is to love someone unconditionally, without expecting anything in return. To just give. That takes courage, because we don't want to fall on our faces or leave ourselves open to hurt."
"I go to Malawi twice a year. It's where two of my children were adopted from, and I have a lot of projects there that I go and check up on and children who I look after. It's sort of a commitment that I've made to this country and the hundreds of thousands of children there who have been orphaned by AIDS."
"Prince Charles is very relaxed at the table, throwing his salad around willy-nilly. I didn't find him stiff at all."
"Everyone is entitled to my opinion"
"I know I can feel bad, when I get in a bad mood, and the world can look so sad, only you make me feel good."
"I do not support Hamas! I support human dignity and respect! I support sharing! I support Peace! #ceasefire"
"I don't like guys my age because they are normally either married or divorced and grumpy, fat and balding."
"Nothing cheers a girl up like SHOPPING!"
"I believe in freedom of expression, I don't believe in censorship."
"I don't believe there's a certain age where you can't say and feel and be who you want to be."
"Sleeping is the most difficult part of what I do, relaxing afterwards. Letting things go."
"And, it seems like a whole new generation of kids have discovered his genius and are bringing him to life again. I hope that wherever Michael is right now he is smiling about this. Yes, Michael Jackson was a human being but he was a king. Long live the king."
"Who is my role model and how long can I keep this going? I just move around and do different things and come back to music, try making films and come back to music, write children's books and come back to music."
"I keep telling everyone that I want to start a revolution but no one is taking me seriously. If I had black skin and an afro, would you take me seriously? If I was an Arab waving a hand grenade, would you take me seriously?"