Kindle the taper like the steadfast star Ablaze on evening's forehead o'er the earth, And add each night a lustre till afar An eightfold splendor shine above thy hearth.

Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.

Until we are all free, we are none of us free.

Life's sharpest rapture is surcease of pain.

My own curiosity and interest are insatiable.

There is no comfort looking forth nor back, The present gives the lie to all her past.

I am never going to write for the sake of writing.

No man had ever heard a nightingale, When once a keen-eyed naturalist was stirred To study and define -- what is a bird.

I seem to have always one little window looking but into life.

When angels visit earth, the messengers Of God's decree, they come as lightning, wind: Before the throne, they all are living fire.

Jews are the intensive form of any nationality whose language and customs they adopt.

There is strange comfort in knowing that no matter what happens today, the Sun will rise again tomorrow.

Irony is just honesty with the volume cranked up.

The music that I've made in the past has had strong contemporary country roots, but I think moving on in music, I will branch out from that a bit.

All through history, there have always been movements where business was not just about the accumulation of proceeds but also for the public good.

That path leads ever down into stagnation.

The purpose of enlightenment is certainly not the teacher, nor is it you. It doesn't have a purpose. Enlightenment simply exists.

I know that many writers have had to write under censorship and yet produced good novels; for instance, Cervantes wrote Don Quixote under Catholic censorship.

While I have not ruled out the possibility of doing music, what I don't want to do is go onstage and perform old songs. I do, all the time, but I don't think it is artistically brave.

The story of Love is the story of Love of Self.

We have a professional relationship [with Chancellor Angela Merkel].2016 is the year of the German-Russian youth exchange, so the relations are moving on.