Leonard Cohen has a way with words and with humor that remind me to lighten up, which I appreciate very much.

Sometimes you have to step away from what you love in order to learn how to love it again.

When I'm in a place like Iceland, I allow myself to take a little more time to divert off onto other paths creatively for a while and see what comes to me.

It's not hard to grow when you know that you just don't know.

May you be satisfied to never know why-sometimes someone just wants to die.

Love taught me to cry So come on courage! Teach me to be shy.

For me, the more I live, the more I need to write. The more I push myself to really live and really experience things and step outside of my comfort zone, the more the songs are allowed to flow.

My eyes were closed, they're open now

Stones taught me to fly Love taught me to lie And life taught me to die So it's not hard to fall When you float like a cannonball.

I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.

I had to take a bit of a break and fast for a while, but then I found myself very, very hungry when I got back to [song-writing].

Moments are the elements of profit

I love architecture, but I learned early on that architects just don't make a lot of money.

Leadership is a role you have to earn in order to be effective.

Is it so good to be sad...? If it is... then I don't care to be good.

There is more pain from holding on to the thought of pain than there is in the situation itself. If you let the world strike you, it will do so less cruelly than your own imagination.

If you are a student, try to be a teacher; if you are a teacher, try to be a student!

If nuclear energy is used for the sake of humanity, then I say yes. But if it is used destructively, then no.

If God had intended us to be alone, there would be more pleasure in massaging our own shoulders.

I, for one, have no interest at all in having my heart stolen.

I'm also very hopeful to continue my literary journey into the realm of children's books. To be able to read my kids a children's book that was inspired by them would be everything!