Forgive me for stating the obvious, but the world is made up of all kinds of people. Other people have their own value to live by, and the same holds true with me.

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

All I do is keep on running in my own cozy, homemade void, my own nostalgic silence. And this is a pretty wonderful thing. No matter what anybody else says.

If you're young and talented, it's like you have wings.

Nobody's going to win all the time. On the highway of life you can't always be in the fast lane.

I'll be happy if running and I can grow old together.

So the fact that I’m me and no one else is one of my greatest assets. Emotional hurt is the price a person has to pay in order to be independent.

Aku akan bahagia jika aku dan lari bisa menua bersama.

Luka fisik memang diperlukan saat mempelajari sesuatu yang penting dalam hidup.

There are three reasons I failed. Not enough training. Not enough training. And not enough training.

The most important thing we ever learn at school is the fact that the most important things can't be learned at school.

Oh, you cherry petals, On this calm and balmy day, Why are you so restless, So keen to fly away? / ひさかたの 光のどけき 春の日に しづ心なく 花の散るらむ

Beautiful. Worthy of the highest love. Powerful and perfect. Beautiful is my daughter.

Masculinity is part of a binary and requires its opposite, since, in the absence of femininity, masculinity would have no meaning.

I don't think ordinary things are very interesting, so I try to imagine a world that is less ordinary.

Sincerity is the way of heaven.

When children start to speak they find their own voice by imitating the sounds around them. It would follow that bands do the same. Bands will find their own voice at some point.

You can not live your life just based on what everyone else thinks.

Ultimately, censorship comes down to taste. What offends me may enlighten you. Do you want me deciding-based on my taste-what you should or should not be exposed to?

I think reality TV is so popular because it makes everyone in the country feel like, 'Hey, I can be on TV. I can be a star overnight.' I think America also has a little voyeurism in their hearts.

I was sad because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. So I said, "Got any shoes you’re not using?