Here, whatever is not boring is not English.

Nothing is more beautiful than a guitar, except, possibly two.

Even in winter it shall be green in my heart.

Simplicity is the highest goal, achievable when you have overcome all difficulties.

I tell my piano the things I used to tell you

Put all your soul into it, play the way you feel!

Nothing is more odious than music without hidden meaning.

Sometimes I can only groan, and suffer, and pour out my despair at the piano.

Oh, how miserable it is to have no one to share your sorrows and joys, and, when your heart is heavy, to have no soul to whom you can pour out your woes.

Time is the best of critics; and patience the best of teachers.

It is dreadful when something weighs on your mind, not to have a soul to unburden yourself to. You know what I mean. I tell my piano the things I used to tell you.

I guess this is a message for those of you who contemplate permanent solutions to temporary problems. You never know what could be coming in the future. There is so much music you've yet to hear.

Writing is like breathing, it's possible to learn to do it well, but the point is to do it no matter what.

All good is gained by those whose thought and life are kept pointed close to one main thing not scattered abroad upon a thousand.

I consider poetry very subordinate to moral and political science.

As for performing live, I just never imagined how it would work out; for good reason, because it doesn't just work out - not the way you think it will. It's a chance that you take.

There will never be another Michael Jackson, a huge pop star since (the age of) 7.

Nothing has value in itself. The consumer confers value on it by seeking to acquire it. Hence, the value of a thing is never objective, but always subjective.

I am an infidel. I know what an infidel is, and that's what I am.

When you read something that good, it's terrifying because you're thinking, "Oh, god, what if I don't get this?"

She was old too, when she went to school they didn't have history.