Listen to me, kid. It don’t matter what happens. It don’t matter what anybody thinks or does. All that matters is that you keep fightin’ and never, you hear me? never give up.

I kept you so well, buried beneath the darkest shame and stilled with filthy lies. Perhaps I should have dug deeper.

I had a dream about you last night... Unfortunately, it wasn't a dream.

You need to make a decision - are you are an imitator or an innovator?

The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.

Ancestor worship, or filial piety so characteristic of Asian cultures, for example, does not really resonate with Americans who favor children, not grandparents.

There’s too much love in the world. Sometimes I think that’s what heaven is---- a place where everybody’s happy because nobody loves anybody else, ever.

How many people is the earth able to sustain?

I've never stuck around long enough to know if anyone would miss me. That's rock 'n' roll, though. Here today, gone tomorrow.

I’m a Virgo; it’s in my sign to be hard on myself.

I consider my work great, as I am a great artist.