All of our heartfelt lies Are not enough this time

I was praying that you and me might end up together. It's like wishing for rain as I stand in the desert, but I'm holding you closer than most, 'cause you are my heaven.

Beautiful things never last. That’s why fireflies flash.

I like to talk while I'm on stage. It makes the show more personal. With that said, it's got to stay within reason or it's annoying.

I write for myself; I release the albums to connect with everyone else.

I think it's funny how excited people can get about things I say that don't have anything to do with music. I made a disparaging comment about McDonald's on Twitter once and people flipped out on me.

I am discovering that I can live far better without cynicism than I can without trust.

This world is wrong. We have to correct it.

it’s miraculous how the shallow can injure in such a profound way.

No one who has any self-respect stays in Ireland, but flees afar as though from a country that has undergone the visitation of an angered Jove.

Companies that build scale for the benefit of their customers and shareholders more often succeed over time.

It is not more Europe or less Europe that we need. We need a better Europe.

I think they must mix blood, otherwise the human race is bound to degenerate. Mixing blood is marvelous. It makes strong and intelligent men. It takes away tired spirits.

Although Lewis Carroll thought of The Hunting of the Snark as a nonsense ballad for children, it is hard to imagine - in fact one shudders to imagine - a child of today reading and enjoying it.

We are so unconscious about our actions that we don't even realize the immense suffering we are causing to animals, the planet, and ourselves.

Disney was kind enough, thoughtful enough and believed enough in me, as a director, to wait for me to be available.