Everyone is in favor of free speech. Hardly a day passes without its being extolled, but some people's idea of it is that they are free to say what they like, but if anyone else says anything back, that is an outrage.

Today, people struggle to find what's real. Everything has become so synthetic that a lot of people, all they want is to grasp onto hope.

We live in a world where we have to hide to make love, while violence is practiced in broad daylight.

It's good to know who hates you, and it's good to be hated by the right people.

I wore black because I liked it. I still do, and wearing it still means something to me. It's still my symbol of rebellion -- against a stagnant status quo, against our hypocritical houses of God, against people whose minds are closed to others' ideas.

It is on great occasions only, and after time has been given for cool and deliberate reflection, that the real voice of the people can be known.