I think it's pretentious to create art just for the sake of stroking the artists ego.

I'm an artist and that means I can be as egotistical as I want to be.

I'm not joking around when I've said occasionally, trying to learn how to play a D chord properly has been a very big thing for me.

Take a walk on the wild side.

One chord is fine. Two chords are pushing it. Three chords and you're into jazz.

Perfect Night is minimalistic and that's what makes it so forceful.

Perfect Night has that magic and it has the raw energy that grabs you by the throat.

But I'm also talented and I know when I created something great and Perfect Night is something great, no doubt, no but.

Life is like Sanskrit read to a pony.

Life's like a mayonnaise soda.

These are really terribly rough times, and we really should try to be as nice to each other as possible.

Not stupid. Overly trusting, maybe, but that reflects on his lack of trustworthiness, not on your intelligence.

... the pursuit of holiness must bre anchored in grace

I am not an accomplished lawyer.

You become the average of the five people you hang out with.

Meditation is a violent act of separation from mass consciousness and direct access to power.

Nobody heard records of you playing whatever the melody was on those low strings. It worked out good, you know, about 25 or 26 million records later. I guess it worked out alright.

You should know how to work hard but also enjoy the work.

We in the House of Lords are never in touch with public opinion. That makes us a civilised body.

You can make five massive hits in a row and still not get cast by the directors who you want to work with doing little movies.

I wouldn't change anything for the world, although the fame part of this [entertainment] industry is tough to handle at times.