I just can't perform well unless I'm wearing jeans.

For I am coconut / and the heart of me / is sweeter / than you know.

I don't want to have to compromise my morals in order to make a living.

I like creating beauty out of scary things.

I don't think I know anyone who has a steady job in Montreal.

Before you hate something you should try to understand it.

I can't censor myself; it's really important for me to say how I feel.

From an early age I knew I would be unhappy if I wasn't doing something creative.

By the time I'm 50, there is probably going to be a nuclear holocaust. I should just enjoy myself.

If you tell someone you're doing something innovative, they'll think you're doing something innovative.

Just because something might not have a deep philosophical meaning doesn't mean it's not important or relevant.

From key signature to coda, from downbeat to the sound of life's final fermata, our pasts set the tone for all that was, that is, and that ever would be.

What your soul needs is a check up.

A civil ruler dabbling in religion is as reprehensible as a clergyman dabbling in politics. Both render themselves odious as well as ridiculous.

We permit bad taste in this country. In fact, we even encourage it - and reward it in all manner of ways.

Looking out a window from different vantage points changes what you see and therefore what you write.

In October 1917, we parted with the old world, rejecting it once and for all. We are moving toward a new world, a world of Communism. We shall never turn off that road.

Perhaps it's chasing me. But I don't think it will ever catch me because I am moving fast.

All of the great geniuses of the world were inspired and driven by their desire to enrich the lives of others.

The times when we need prayers or counsel, we are little like to be in a mood to learn, nor yet to understand.

Humility does not mean thinking less of yourself than of other people, nor does it mean having a low opinion of your own gifts. It means freedom from thinking about yourself at all.