I think it's fine for a singer to sing someone else's song. But the thing I don't like is when a singer that can write songs starts getting someone else to do it for them.

I think that the loss of confidence in yourself to make good music is what being jaded is.

I don't think there's any problem with working with a songwriter or a producer, but I just don't think you should completely hand it over to them.

By cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, as by doing good we cultivate those that belong to humanity.

Good sense, which only is the gift of Heaven, And though no science, fairly worth the seven.

Punctuality is a quality the need of which is bound up with social co-operation.

Art transcends war. Art is the language of God and war is the barking of men. Beethoven is bigger than war.

If you want to warm a church, put a stove in the pulpit.

You can run I will chase you. You can hide I will find you. We're gonna fight and I'm gonna hurt you.

I'd vowed years ago to go to the grave the same way I'd been born, just a lot more wrinkly.

He was screaming like my wife.

While I'm not an expect in psychology, I'm of the opinion that anyone - even strangers - can sense the urgency of a request, and most people will usually do the right thing.

It's always been easier for me to have a costume to hide behind.