Do you have to have emotional turmoil to create music? I'm not sure because I've never been without it

I felt such a deep connection with dolphins. I felt like they were the only ones who understood me.

If you're being ignored, that's a good time to concentrate on finding yourself and creating your own mystery.

I believe life's too short for compromises and bad fitting jeans

I was inspired by [Michelangelo] Antonioni's Red Desert - very big and moody.

I want to get my music out there. I enjoy playing shows; I just don't enjoy airports. I want to be more creative, but it's hard to get into that zone on tour.

I am such a complex person. I have so many different layers of my personality to choose from. I am super-sensitive, and I am super-strong.

I dove into the craziness and did things that maybe I would think twice about when I get older.

In every person's life, around 27 to 29 years old, the stars and the planets align themselves to exactly the way they were when you were born. You're faced with yourself. There's no running away.

I was totally romanticizing the idea of Los Angeles when the Doors, Joni Mitchell, and Neil Young were hanging out there.

I lived five years in Portugal and then spent winters in Nepal or India.

Wild waves rise and fall when they arrive And that’s what makes the calm sea alive

He hasn't an enemy in the world and none of his friends like him.

Disciples are those who have been so ravished with Christ that others want to be like them.

I loved my country, and I hated him.

when you can't see straight ahead, it's because you're about to turn a corner.

I always found myself in the company of Australians, who were like a reminder that I'd touched bottom.

One should always be a little improbable.

Man is the dwarf of himself.

In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity.

Writing is a divine art, and the more I write and read the more I love it.