I love performing. I can get to be that person I always wanted to be - godlike.

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.

Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.

You should have hopes. Hopes to nourish the courage that helps get success in life.

Praying about everything in our lives and keeping quiet can keep us out of a lot of trouble.

People want change but not too much change. Finding that balance is tricky for every politician.

What man-made machine will ever achieve the complete perfection of even the goose's wing?

An unhealthy soul requires a healthy body.

The blues is also existential and offers a sense of mature reflection that enabled it to be the leitmotif of modern life.

Marriage is the best state for man in general, and every man is a worst man in proportion to the level he is unfit for marriage.

There are serious budgetry issues that need to be worked through. Playing a game of lying about what's in the content of legislation isn't going to get them anywhere.

I realized pretty quickly just how big and aggressive some of the mountains were down in Nagano Prefecture.