All the characters on the album are inside me, though none are me. They are sides of me or who I was.

Somewhere in the future I am remembering today.

When there's trouble I don't like running, but I'm afraid I got more in common with who I was, than who I am becoming

Romance is the douche of the bourgeoisie.

You can't change the feeling but you can change your feelings about the feeling in a second or two

It takes a society to raise a generation.

There is a person whose acquaintance and conversation I do earnestly recommend unto you as thing of the greatest advantage: you will be surprised when I tell you it is yourself.

I am about to learn what it's like to live here.

...and my signature is drawn in magic markeron the lower right hand corner of the windowso when something passes in the darkit's captured for a moment inside my work.

As a way of getting in touch with my originsevery night I set the alarm clockfor the time I was born so that waking upbecomes a historical reenactment...

As a way of getting in touch with my originsevery night I set the alarm clockfor the time I was born so that waking upbecomes a historical reenactment and the first thing I do

Live your desired dream.

Confidence matters a lot than what you want to say, if you are not bold enough.

Spread sunshine and inspiration.

When you talk about Al-Qaeda it doesn't matter if he's Syrian or American or from Europe or from Asia or Africa.

I love the feeling of being anonymous in a city I've never been before.

The US spends more on energy R&D than all other countries put together, and I personally consider it quite inadequate.

Democracy can only spring from within a nation itself, only from the hearts and minds of its people.

I simply don't accept losing well. I just feel whatever it takes to win, you have to do it.

My mother's five foot two and, I'll be honest with you, she's the only person I'm scared of.

I was like, 'Whoa, I'm auditioning for 'Hunger Games?'' That's like my dream come true. That's like a Trekkie auditioning for 'Star Trek.