I write a lot more when I'm happy, because you're hopeful, you're motivated.

I've done my share of busking, and it's fun until it isn't. There are musicians in the subways that will make you cry, they're so good.

I think I'm still a little too intense for my own good sometimes.

Every time I get up in the morning, melodies occur to me and I start trying to shape lyrics to melodies.

I guess I'm attracted to more archaic words because they can be imbued with more meaning, because their definition is elusive.

My favorite literature to read is fairly dry history. I like the framework, and my imagination can do the rest.

Sometimes I think I don't have much choice in the matter. It's just what happens, and I'm following my instincts the whole time.

Songwriters can sort of get away with murder. You can throw out crazy theories and not have to back it up with data or graphs or research.

All the folks I play with come from jazz backgrounds or at least appreciate spontaneity within the parameters of a pop song.

I am, in some sense, a writer. Even though I kinda downplay the word thing, I do enjoy writing sometimes.

I think when I was pretty young I got really into the tone of my instrument and I remember just playing one note for an hour to just kind of feel the resonance of the violin.

It's hard to know more about a person's life than what that person wants you to know.

Half of the ills we hoard within our hearts Are ills because we hoard them.

I'm in the business where you get the business all the time.

And I don't want to sit around. I want to fight four times a year. Whoever's ready, I'm ready.

Obviously, [Wham!] made me a lot more comfortable as a musician. I was very confident that I would become a successful musician, but I had no idea I would be a celebrity.

I'm now learning how to distinguish when I'm acting and when I'm not acting - offstage as well as onstage.

In general, 'the market' is smarter than the smartest of its individual participants.

Sometimes you find your voice by trying to write like people, and sometimes you find it by trying to write unlike people.

Love is like a roller coaster. It can take you to the highest, most spectacular heights or drop you to bottom in seconds. However, even with the risks, love is undoubtedly worth it in the end.

Spiritual entrepreneurship is the unsung route to growth in the modern economy.