I do not go on my Wikipedia page. There's just too much weird information on there for me to pick apart.

Across the board, from my mother to my father to my aunts and uncles, everybody has always given me a lot of love.

I like down-to-earth people.

Nothing is more powerful than beauty in a wicked world.

I'm in love with a girl who's in love with the world.

I'm not into cold weather, I like warm weather.

Theres nothing but spirit in music. Thats all it is. Yeah, theres a lot of intellectual elements to it, but no matter how you approach it, its all spirit.

I can relate to soul, R&B... whatever people want to call me is fine. I just hope it makes them feel something.

I'm not a mass-appeal artist.

I don't know anything about music theory at all. Zero. But I don't really need to.

I wasn't a very good teacher.

Although individuals need not be well-rounded, teams should be.

Mens videt astra.(The soul sees the stars.)

Sunset in the ethereal waves: I cannot tell if the day is ending, or the world, or if the secret of secrets is inside me again.

When life becomes an extended picnic, with nothing of importance to do, ideas of greatness become an irritant. Such is the nature of the Europe syndrome.

I think every writer doubts themselves, every day. You procrastinate because you're afraid. You're always afraid it's not going to be as good as you want it to be.

People who accomplish big things did small things well.

Good-looking people are always looking for other good-looking people.

Ed Koch once said that New York City is where immigrants come to audition for America. That's what happened to my parents; that's what happened to me.

Parents do not, indeed, live by bread alone. We feast daily on banquets of our own words.

Human rights is the only ideology that deserves to survive