I take every day as it comes and if I have to be somewhere, I'll be there.

I'm still at the age where I'm constantly seeking approval of people I have respect for.

If you watch a film without music, there's nothing that you can connect with.

I kind of got inspired by [William] Wordsworth and [Samuel Taylor] Coleridge - I went the old traditional way of finding inspiration, I guess.

People in London are so much more exposed to danger, or bad things. It took me quite a long time to grow up in that environment.

I think I'm very in touch with nature because I grew up in that surrounding. That's a big part of who I am; I don't know anything different.

I prefer darker things and more minimal stuff. I don't like when people just put words on canvases.

I try to read, but my attention span is so bad, and ever since Netflix was invented, that's all I do in my spare time, which is really bad, but it's like a chore to read for me.

I find Spanish really difficult. They speak so quickly, whereas in German it's very clear what they're saying. It's easier to repeat.

I'm a terrible sleeper. I get obsessive, repetitive thoughts and it's horrible.

I don't have a lot of self-confidence. I'm getting there. Before I had zero confidence, but it's one of those things you learn and accept.

I would parade you in the hall of the monarchs of the ocean if you could breathe water.

Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.

It is our duty never to speak ill of others, you know; least of all when we know that to do so will be the cause of much pain and trouble.

The phenomena there is something in us that on the one hand bonds us with like people but somehow makes us suspicious of other people.

I don't look at scripts. I just write them.

The carrot and the stick are prevasive and persuasive motivators. But if you treat people like donkeys, they will perform like donkeys.

The ultimate act of power is surrender.

Rock and roll is a contact sport. I enjoy playing the tunes that really get the people going.

One must not be negligent in learning. In the Lun Yu it says: "To study and not to think is darkness. To think without study is dangerous."