Everyone wants to feel that they matter.

I want to write songs that are so sad, the kind of sad where you take someone's little finger and break it in three places.

Love is a state that I would like to exist in continuously.

An artist's duty is rather to stay open-minded and in a state where he can receive information and inspiration. You always have to be ready for that little artistic Epiphany.

I can control the weather with my moods. I just can’t control my moods.

Kylie Minogue is the greatest thing that has happened to Australian music.

It's a wonderful life if you can find it.

He who seeks, finds, and who knocks, will be let in.

All of our days are numbered. We cannot afford to be idle. To act on a bad idea is better than to not act at all, because the worth of an idea never becomes apparent until you do it.

But if you're gonna dine with them cannibals Sooner or later, darling, you're gonna get eaten . . .

The artistic process seems to be mythologized quite a lot into something far greater than it actually is. It is just hard labor.

At last, the clock settled in the right place.

Abortion is violence; a deep, desperate violence inflicted by a woman upon, first of all, herself.

God bless America. But God, please help Canada.

Sometimes it's necessary to go a long distance out of the way in order to come back a short distance correctly.

You would never dream of going on to play a scene in front of an audience at least without having rehearsed it. But you do somehow in front of a camera.

The poor are discussed as this homogeneous mash, like porridge. The idea that they might be individuals, and be where they are for very different, diverse reasons, again seems to escape some people.

Flaw is just a negative word for what might be something that makes you unique or interesting.

Go and copulate with yon purple lizard.

Empires fall, ids explode, great symphonies are written, and behind all of it is a single instinct that demands satisfaction.

We really can say no in 10 seconds or so to 90%+ of all the things that come along simply because we have these filters.