Hate is just a form of criticism. You can never truly grow as a person until you’ve taken everything the world can throw at you. Sometimes you just have to let it hit you and move on

Home isn’t really a place. It’s the people who makes it what it is. I have a great home.

It's alright to do things the way you want. There is no map to life, no blueprints to survival, you can create your world day by day if you have a clear vision and an unwillingness to give up.

The only dreams that matter are the ones you have when you're awake.

...I seem to want the things I can't have. Occasionally, when something is finally attainable, the chase appears to be over and the fire burns out.

The music comes first. It will always be first

Never ignore someone who loves you and cares about you. 'Cause one day you may realize you lost the moon while counting stars.

It is not our ability that limits us but our view/belief of what we can achieve.

Tomorrow, smile at a perfect stranger and mean it.

Kissing's no fun when you have herpes

Perfection cannot be reached, because nothings perfect. But things can change, and so can people

The House of Commons starts its proceedings with a prayer. The chaplain looks at the assembled members with their varied intelligence and then prays for the country.

I love the rowdiness, I love how crazy it is during the day. There's a business about it that's great. There's never a dull moment, so it really inspires the music I write.

Bodily pleasure is not in itself a bad thing. But when it is exalted to a necessity and we become dependent upon it, then we are slaves of our body and its feelings. Only misery lies ahead.

I can't imagine how many first performances I've done, perhaps 500. Some of them have been very good, and some of course very bad.

Each time I think I’ve reached a limit....there is a door....it opens....and the limit is gone.

If everyone was the same, it would be boring as sh*t

When I write I find a quiet place.

To make dictionaries is dull work.

What do you wear on a running machine? I can't bring myself to wear flat shoes.

The more purely God's word is preached, the more deeply it pierces and the more kindly it works.