It bothers me that no one has the patience to deal with someone who is just sad.

I think if I were living in a utopian world, then it wouldn't be political commentary; it would be about daffodils.

It's a strange life... you really don't know how you will impact people or how things will play out.

Being alive and understanding that and making the decision to actually live take a lot of courage.

Sometimes it's better to live through someone's work than the person themselves, and to realise that every human being is flawed, but through art they can be perfect.

I just write what comes to me. I didn't sit down and say ok, here is my statement. It's just a song that has a shout out.

Generally I try to read anything but indie rock journalism or anything about music at all, especially in the summer.

The writing process is very much like being in a dark tunnel, and you don't really know what you will end up with until you have created it.

Until the day we die, our lives are unwritten, which is sometimes a terrifying thought.

It's not my fault that people are perverts.

Lots of people take the option of not activating their own life, of really letting it happen.

This is how the girl who couldn't speak and the man who couldn't see fell in love.

Those who live in memories are never really dead.

Free your mind completely to find true peace in this world.

Humanity is the virtue of a woman, generosity that of a man.

The world needs fantasy, not reality. We have enough reality today

There's no difference between one's killing and making decisions that will send others to kill. It's exactly the same thing, or even worse.

When the facts change, I change my mind.

Mythology is much better stuff than history. It has form; logic; a message.

Christmas is telling time-wondering time. Wonder enough about it, and you'll know, and you'll tell about it.

Humility is first, second and third in Christianity.