I feel like if I do my homework practice-wise, by the time I get to the studio I can put everything exactly where I want it to be right away.

I want to make albums that are like a Murakami novel or a Terrence Malick film - something that explicitly states its own world.

I would like for people to appreciate the album musically whether they knew how it was made or not.

Never had a ska phase, but I was in a very grunge-like rock band that awkwardly had an alto sax in it.

Credinta, oricat de pasionata, de pura, de arzatoare, nu spune absolut nimic despre realitatea existentei lui Dumnezeu

Having extreme physical beauty presented a problem similar to being rich: it was difficult to know if people loved you for the person you were inside.

I want to give myself the freedom not to have to be projecting my whole life ahead.

On the border area with Lebanon where [Hezbollah forces] want to protect themselves and cooperate with us, but they don't exist all over Syria.

As far as I can work out, no-one really loses out.

You can do more than pray after you have prayed, but you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed. Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge to Satan.

You dont grow up in a town of 700 thinking youre going to be an actress. I loved doing [school] plays, but it was just something to keep me busy.

Well, I'm very stubborn. I think I have common sense; I'm probably at times a bit tunnel-visioned, but I'm strong.

It's fun doing new things.

If a thousand old beliefs were ruined in our march to truth we must still march on.