I love being manipulated by what I see. I love weepies and romantic comedies where you're reaching for the Kleenex at the right moment.

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.

... dançava para si mesmo, um homem nu entre cegos...

I believe in the power of poetry, which gives me reasons to look ahead and identify a glint of light.

I didnt really have an agenda for my talent. I just wanted to be able to sing.

The hand of the aggressor is stayed by strength - and strength alone.

Rich relationships lead to much more than money. They lead to success, fulfillment, and wealth.

I love making Italian food. And coconut chicken.

Painting embraces and contains within itself all the things which nature produces or which results from the fortuitous actions of men... he is but a poor master who makes only a single figure well.

When power replaces truth as the goal, assertion replaces reason as the path

Our epoch is a time of tragic collision between matter and spirit and of the downfall of the purely material world view.