I'm not saying I wasn't flawed or amateurish. But you can never say I did anything to appease the music business.

My sunglasses are like my guitar.

We go through life. We shed our skins. We become ourselves.

To be an artist — actually, to be a human being in these times — it’s all difficult. … What matters is to know what you want and pursue it.

Never let go of that fiery sadness called desire.

Where does it all lead? What will become of us? These were our young questions, and young answers were revealed. It leads to each other. We become ourselves.

Life isn't some vertical or horizontal line -- you have your own interior world, and it's not neat.

I imagined myself as Frida to Diego, both muse and maker. I dreamed of meeting an artist to love and support and work with side by side.

Swift is the arrow, dark is the thorn, the slate is clean, the future awaits, awake.

Make your interactions with people transformational, not just transactional.

To me, punk rock is the freedom to create, freedom to be successful, freedom to not be successful, freedom to be who you are. It's freedom.

Like a floating feather in the air, take life very lightly and joyfully adjust to the flow of life.

There's nothing sillier in the world than a teacher telling you don't do it after you already did it.

A simple solution to a problem could be as complex as a problem to a simple solution.

The final greatness of the presidency lies in the truth that it is not just an office of incredible power but a breeding ground of indestructible myth.

I would just think that I would remember modeling for the cover of an album with Tom Waits, who I've always loved.

In the future, fortune could well favor those who didn't sell their good domain names too cheaply, or too boldly

We shouldn't require our politicians to be movie stars. Then again, we're all influenced by charisma. It's hard not to be. We all collectively fall for it.

Jesus was a Capricorn, he ate organic foods, he believed in love and peace, and never wore no shoes.

I never gave up as a player, and I won't give up as someone who wants to go to the Hall of Fame, because it's the ultimate goal for a baseball player or a football player or a basketball player.

We complain of the increased tempo of our lives, but our frenetic lives are just reflection of the economic system that we have created.