I rode an elevator with a guy who was whistling the tune of 'this is the song that never ends'. Putting that on me? Come on dude..

I don't think you should wait. I think you should speak now.

We were both young when I first saw you. I close my eyes and the flashback starts. I'm standin' there on a balcony in summer air.

The only one who's got enough of me to break my heart.

We should love, not fall in love, because everything that falls, gets broken.

Wasn't it beautiful when you believed in everything?

and you come away with a great little story of a mess of a dreamer with the nerve to adore you

And for once a band of thieves in ripped up jeans got to rule the world

When all you wanted was to be wanted, you wish you could go back and tell yourself what you know now.

No matter how hard we try, we are at best imperfect people. When we allow sin, we allow our imperfections to show.

I look for characters that interest me, and a story that keeps me involved and makes me want to know what happens next.

Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates

We must not think that [God] takes no notice of us, when He does not answer our wishes: for He has a right to distinguish what we actually need.

Republic. I like the sound of the word.

Im in the public eye. I know Im not going to be treated like a normal person walking down the street.

As a composer I approached the drums differently than a non-composing drummer. I embraced drum machines.

Light and darkness cannot occupy the same space at the same time.

He who demands mercy and shows none ruins the bridge over which he himself is to pass.

And I know that God made the heart the most fragile and resilient of all organs, that a lifetime of joy and pain might be encased in one mortal chamber.