I don't write happy songs. Who does? I don't know anybody who writes happy songs, really.

I want to write songs that are so sad, the kind of sad where you take someone's little finger and break it in three places.

Love is a state that I would like to exist in continuously.

An artist's duty is rather to stay open-minded and in a state where he can receive information and inspiration. You always have to be ready for that little artistic Epiphany.

I can control the weather with my moods. I just can’t control my moods.

Kylie Minogue is the greatest thing that has happened to Australian music.

It's a wonderful life if you can find it.

He who seeks, finds, and who knocks, will be let in.

All of our days are numbered. We cannot afford to be idle. To act on a bad idea is better than to not act at all, because the worth of an idea never becomes apparent until you do it.

But if you're gonna dine with them cannibals Sooner or later, darling, you're gonna get eaten . . .

The artistic process seems to be mythologized quite a lot into something far greater than it actually is. It is just hard labor.

No amount of service we do can impress God, only our service to ordinary people can

All sentient beings should have at least one right—the right not to be treated as property

If God himself can't save this world without sacrifice... how can we?

Does somebody have an explanation why there's human flesh on the hall window upstairs?

I'm not smart enough and I don't know enough about what's going on.

Love isn't sensible, Red. I think that's the point.

Don't organize for any other purpose than mutual benefit to the employer and the employee.

Learn to differentiate between ignorance and stupidity.

Crying feels so good sometimes, and I do it when I'm happy, sad, stressed, scared. I like to believe that tears are my friend.

A belief system is nothing more than a thought you've thought over and over again.