I'm certainly not a lyricist first. I prefer doing it intuitively and not really thinking about it so much.

I got a lot more interested in songs that could hold up completely on their own, with just a guitar and voice. For some people that's easy to do, but I find it's really difficult.

I enjoy making music alone, and I like keeping my options open for how I release my own songs.

There is somethingmystically sadand beautifulabouthowi will neversee youagainbut meet youagain and againin poetry.

Friends may come and go but enemies accumulate.

I feel so trapped, by my ego.

history has no overall direction or purpose

The revolution is carried out by means of one's thought, not through one's family background.

I am always a competitor and my wife and son have never seen me wrestle.

Going without food or water will kill the body, but the lack of relationship will kill the mind and spirit.

Nothing can constitute good-breeding that has not good-nature for its foundation.

We should not be upset that others hide the truth from us, when we hide it so often from ourselves.

There’s an us?” “As far as I’m concerned…” He leaned forward, his mouth inches from mine, and my pulse spiked. “There’s nothing but us.