I learned to change my accent; in England, your accent identifies you very strongly with a class, and I did not want to be held back.

I want to get old gracefully. I want to have good posture, I want to be healthy and be an example to my children.

If you play music with passion and love and honesty, then it will nourish your soul, heal your wounds and make your life worth living. Music is its own reward.

Yoga is almost like music in a way; there's no end to it.

A lot of people approach risk as if it's the enemy when it's really fortune's accomplice.

When the world is running down, you make the best of what's still around.

You have to be yourself. Stay true to who and what you are. And if people still like you, that's great! If they don't, that's their problem.

I can't really change my life to accommodate people who are jealous. I don't see why I should.

I don't think happiness is necessarily the reason we're here. I think we're here to learn and evolve, and the pursuit of knowledge is what alleviates the pain of being human.

I think love has something to do with allowing a person you claim to love to enter a larger arena than the one you create for them.

Let your soul be your pilot.

Sometimes, the simple things are more fun and meaningful than all the banquets in the world ...

You shouldn't ask for forgiveness. Because if you ask someone to forgive you, and they do, then that's twice that you've taken something from them. First the betrayal, and then the absolution.

I wanna lie on a bed of clouds to be near the sun.

You need not cry very loud he is nearer to us than we think.

Poetry, for me, conveys the essence of narrative rather than its particulars.

Egotism is not a good quality. It's not something to be admired or even tolerated. It wouldn't be tolerated in a field commander and it shouldn't be tolerated in a movie director.

To drink is to warm the heart; without dispelling reason, it gives reason to life.

God is not disillusioned with us. He never had any illusions to begin with.

I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just.

I play with children so that I can learn from them.