Everyone has to learn to work with people - it's part of being an adult, too.

I'm not really a very social person. It exhausts me when I'm out.

I care about making music and I care about creating experiences for my fans with my music and my videos and my performances.

Matter flows from place to place, and momentarily comes together to be you.

I want to make honest music and tell honest stories that hopefully reflect the thoughts and feelings other people have.

What puts my mind at rest is knowing I'm a person of integrity. I really do stand for what I say I stand for. I'm real!

Control is as much an effect as a cause, and the idea that control is something you exert is a real handicap to progress

The poetry of life must not be replaced with matter-of-fact prose.

I did a handful of photo shoots and I never made any money for it just because I was trying to build a portfolio. I decided that that's not what I wanted to do.

When people have expectations, you're going to make a lot of them upset - when in fact I'm not trying to represent anybody but myself.

I'd rather have a lot of little donations than a couple big ones. That shows that people care and are giving what they can.

Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

The sacred exists only at the expense of the truth.

The last duty of a central banker is to tell the public the truth.

In England only uneducated people show off their knowledge; nobody quotes Latin or Greek authors in the course of conversation, unless he has never read them.

Metaphors and Similes are the beginning of the democratic system of envy.

What do we mean by the public interest? Some say the public interest is merely what interests the public. I disagree.

Let us contemplate the humility of the Son of God born into poverty. Let us imitate him by sharing with those who are weak.

Everything becomes too normal after a while.

If you believe in your value, how could it possibly be appropriate to hide it from people who need it?

If left unchecked, global change will create violent conflict, torrential storms, shrinking coastlines, and irreversible catastrophe.