I am able to ride the bike and think clearly about strategy and tyres. I also have positive thinking. I am very constructively critical.

Riding a race bike is an art - a thing that you do because you feel something inside.

The most important thing is to have a good relationship with the bike... you have to understand what she wants. I think of a motorcycle as a woman, and I know that sounds silly, but it's true.

To be a great motorbike racer, the most important thing is passion for the bike.

The speed is something dangerous but very exciting.

Giving yourself threads doesn't mean you don't believe in yourself in my opinion.

Maybe the bike is more dangerous, but the passion for the car for me is second to the bike.

I feel 100% a Yamaha rider in my heart. I had a long career and raced with several factory bikes, but the highlight of my career is undoubtedly with Yamaha.

I'm Valentino Rossi. And I want to be a person, not an icon.

Our sport is dangerous. We risk the life out there, so we need to stay calm and focused and leave all the rest out.

But I could also start F1 or rallying. I love rallying much more.

Your life may not have gone the way you planned it, but it will go the way it's supposed to.

Art is a song of the soul that is sung by the light of the heart with the color of emotion and appreciation.

Jeff Bridges is one of my favorite actors in the history of ever.

What you cannot conquer, circumvent but do not compromise yourself for the sake of the urban jungle, because concrete does not sympathise.

I never lost the taste and craft of the Renaissance.

I never get tired of running. The ball ain't that heavy.

A Rose is sweeter in the budde than full blowne.

You do [jazz] because you love it and hope many some others may as well. You do this because you need it.

Nowhere Man embodies one of my favorite themes - the hero completely out of his element. Its really near and dear to my heart.

Certainty is the enemy of change.