I always wanted to play with the sound, but I always wanted to do it in a respectful way, because I never lived in New York and I don't have a real connection to that scene.

It's better to look for the people that look like you and do something with them, create something new - the mainstream isn't that special anyways.

To me, beauty is a lived thing.

I like writing music that I think is beautiful, but perfection isn't really beautiful to me.

There's top 40 R&B/hip-hop, which is probably sexy but you wouldn't listen to it for a musical awakening.

My whole purpose of being a musician is to not follow the rules, so if I set rules for myself, I've already failed.

I always put my identity at the forefront of my music.

Suddenly I remembered that laugh, it told a different story, our story.

The fate of man does not chase him as much as he chases his fate.

In our not-yet-acknowledged secret garden lie the seeds of some of our best not-yet-written stories

We do not know which of our silver products will be judged as gold by our successors, nor does it matter.

Take heede of the viniger of sweet wine.

Mozart is a human incarnation of the divine force of creation.

I'm currently in an interesting correspondence with a nun about forgiveness

I don't think it's a director's job to peek behind the curtain too much.

You say, "But He has not answered." He has, He is so near to you that His silence is the answer. His silence is big with terrific meaning that you cannot understand yet, but presently you will.

Our time here is brief, our risk enormous. Don't waste the one or increase the other, if you please.