But Phoebe loved her mother best as she was now, wistful, out-of-step, her laugh tinged always with sadness, as if things were only funny in spite of themselves.

I am old enough to know only too well my good and bad qualities, which were often one in the same.

Clarity in my cup. Transparency of my soul. Lucidity of myself. Elixir of the ages. Tea makes us all sages.

Try to study yourself and what is inside you, as the entire world lies in you.

Science cannot progress without reliable and accurate measurement of what it is you are trying to study. The key is measurement, simple as that.

What people don't understand is that how you are as an artist depends on how you are emotionally.

If something comes from your heart, it will reach the heart of your audience.

The problem is that everybody treats teenagers like they're stupid.

Regret is a pilgrimage back to the place where I was free to choose.

I just do what I'm here for and that's to make that music.

Funny how internal scars never healed. They were the souvenirs of the past.