I am such a complex person. I have so many different layers of my personality to choose from. I am super-sensitive, and I am super-strong.

I felt such a deep connection with dolphins. I felt like they were the only ones who understood me.

If you're being ignored, that's a good time to concentrate on finding yourself and creating your own mystery.

I believe life's too short for compromises and bad fitting jeans

I was inspired by [Michelangelo] Antonioni's Red Desert - very big and moody.

I want to get my music out there. I enjoy playing shows; I just don't enjoy airports. I want to be more creative, but it's hard to get into that zone on tour.

I dove into the craziness and did things that maybe I would think twice about when I get older.

In every person's life, around 27 to 29 years old, the stars and the planets align themselves to exactly the way they were when you were born. You're faced with yourself. There's no running away.

I was totally romanticizing the idea of Los Angeles when the Doors, Joni Mitchell, and Neil Young were hanging out there.

I lived five years in Portugal and then spent winters in Nepal or India.

I wanted to create something really aggressive and psychedelic

غــِـناك َ فى نفسـِـكَ ، و قيمَتـِك فى عمــَلـِـك ، و بواعثـُك أحرى بالعناية من غاياتك ، و لا تنتظر من الناس كثيرا ً

To be alive on the planet is to surrender to being her partner. To be in service of the Earth is to be enraptured by her.

And when a woman's will is as strong as the man's who wants to govern her, half her strength must be concealment.

If Courtezans and Strumpets were to be prosecuted with as much Rigour as some silly People would have it, what Locks or Bars would be sufficient to preserve the Honour of our Wives and Daughters?

I'm here as a product of process of evolution, which doesn't make very many exceptions. And which rates life relatively cheaply.

We do not have time to waste our lives coasting out casual, comfortable Christianity.

If we don't get lost, we'll never find a new route.

I've always been a really really big Sheryl Crow fan. I just respect what she does in a way that she just remains true to her music and sort of has just been real. She isn't trying too hard ever.

When I die I just want to be remembered as a Christian.

John Cryan and I worked together at UBS, and I think John is one smart, hardworking individual, and I wouldn't bet against John. I wish him well.