Controversial Sayings

That sacrifice must be made by the president as soon as possible. I told her this personally when we met last night.

I just do whatever it is that I believe I should do, regardless of the risks to my life.

From time immemorial, I have not said anything that would command universal acceptance. But I believe so long as I do what I believe is right, so long as I say what I believe is right for our country, then I will just accept whatever flack, whatever …

I apologized to former President Joseph Estrada for the role I played in his ouster in 2001.

I'm not writing and singing for anybody, to tell you the truth. Hey, really, I don't care what people say. I don't care what they make me seem to be or what they tell other people.

Folk music destroyed itself. Nobody destroyed it. Folk music is still here -- it's always going to be here, if you want to dig it. It's not that it's going in or out.

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

My songs are personal music; they're not communal.

You have to know that you're the best whether anybody else tells you that or not.

It's that I'm not guilty. I'm not any more guilty than you are. Like, I don't consider any elder generation guilty...

Hey, I can't put anything down, because I don't have to be around any of it. I don't have to put people down who I don't like because I don't have to be around any of those people.

I don't know where it's at, all I know is where it's not at.

Carelessness. I lost my one true love. I started drinking. The first thing I know, I'm in a card game. Then I'm in a crap game. I wake up in a pool hall. Then this big Mexican lady drags me off the table, takes me to Philadelphia. She leaves me alone…

You can't be wise and in love at the same time.

Great paintings shouldn't be in museums. Have you ever been in a museum? Museums are cemeteries. Paintings should be on the walls of restaurants, in dime stores, in gas stations, in men's rooms. Great paintings should be where people hang out. The on…

You don't really serve art, art serves you and it's only an expression of life anyway; it's not real life.

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

I don't give a f*** if you think it's selfish of me to say no for a photo or for your time or for a hug. That's not normal. That's weird. It's weird how people think you know a person just because you see them online or because you listen to the art …

It's always fat people, too. They are the most unattractive social outcasts, like really overweight girls or guys with lots of acne that follow me around and pester me.

I look forward to many more years of subversive behavior -pushing boundaries-Standing up to the patriarchy -and Most of all enjoying my life.