Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Act as though it were impossible to fail.

You are the only one who can.

To be defeated, but not to give in, is victory.- Jósef Piłsudski

However, please allow me to say that the fundamental style of my writing has been to start from my personal matters and then to link it up with society, the state and the world.

Poor worms, they hiss at me, whilst I at home Can be contented to applaud myself, . . . with joy To see how plump my bags are and my barns.

Those whom nature hath so joined together, let no man put asunder

I'm driven by issues, not driven to be political.

After a lifetime of deep thought, I've decided that life is a distraction, but probably not from anything important.

To a resolute mind, wishing to do is the first step toward doing. But if we do not wish to do a thing it becomes impossible.

Sometimes when there is action, we just tend to avoid those moments with music, and have music in a separate part that allows you to dream and to make your mind up on where you're at in the story.

Tabloids are going to focus on my shoes and not my music; that's just what they do.