It's like half the campaign of selling a record is trying to convince people that you're an artist. Well, I am an artist. This is what I do.

Sometimes my hands they don’t feel like my own; I need someone to love, I need someone to hold.

I have some vivid memories of walking around as a child with a cassette tape.

I like what I like, I don't like what I don't like, and I'm very bad at toning myself down.

I never was the front man in any bands I played in when I was in college, and I always learned music by myself at home.

You get one chance to make an impression and coasting through is a disservice.

I didn't start playing music really until I was 18/19, so it was a relatively new thing. I didn't play much music in school.

I'm very ambitious, musically - I want to create great things, not mediocre work.

I want to talk about things that are tangible and real to me, but I also want to do them in a way that's poetic and artistic.

With music, it feels natural that, in my head, I can pull things apart and then put them back together very quickly.

I was never a 'sit down with a notepad and write lyrics' kind of person.

The strongest of all warriors are these two — Time and Patience.

Everybody that is born on the surface of this earth, has this wealth called time.

The biggest mistake to me is complacency.

Everyone we regard as brilliant has endured an enormous amount of failure.

(...) You cruel creature, little mite of a thing with a heart the size of a fullstop.

The will of God is always a bigger thing than we bargain for, but we must believe that whatever it involves, it is good, acceptable and perfect.

If you would have the message of the gods to direct your life, look for that which repeats ... It comes again and again until you have made it part of your soul and your enduring spirit.

A man who finishes a book is always alone when he finishes it.

I don't think I'm a very good businessman. I act too much with my heart.

The key is taking responsibility and initiative, deciding what your life is about and prioritizing your life around the most important things.