He made his life a lie so he might never have to know anyone.

Playing things too safe is the most popular way to fail.

I don't really like New York better than Portland. It's just a different place.

But I was also doing odd jobs around Portland, like spreading gravel and transplanting bamboo trees.

Theres a bunch of Elvis Costello records that made all the difference between feeling like a total freak and feeling like ... only a freak. A freak among other freaks

I didn't have a hard time making it. I had a hard time letting it go.

Everything means nothing to me

I truly hope the future will bring me something to feel nostalgic about, because there's really nothing much so far I can remember fondly.

Somewhere where people aren't so mad would be nice, but I don't know if there is anywhere like that.

Music is worth doing just because. It doesn’t have to be justified by some political point of view, and it’s kind of insulting to the music to make it a tool for something else.

Haven't laughed this hard in a long time. I better stop now before I start crying. Go off to sleep in the sunshine...I don't want to see the day when its dying.

I can be forced to live without happiness, but I will never consent to live without honor.

Love, gratitude, compassion, and kindness are the sources of all enduring, pure happiness.

Once I finally understand the immensity of my own impoverishment, I am finally in a position to see the enormity of God’s majesty.

For the perpetrator, rape lasts just a matter of minutes. For the victim, it never stops.

I wanted to be an architect. I used to draw houses and buildings and construct buildings on my own.

I do sometimes worry about getting older and the fact that I am not going to be a model for ever...[But] The fact that Helen Mirren can look so great in swimwear is an amazing boost for all women.

Unfortunately, if you don't want to be in the spotlight, get out of it.

I wished to copy nature. I could not. But I was satisfied when I discovered the sun, for instance, could not be reproduced, but only represented by something else.

The band is like a vintage car. You take it out to go for a spin for a couple miles, but you wouldn't drive across the country.

People say you can't go out and eat with your players. I say why not.