Lord, I am a surgeon and music is my knife. It cuts away my sorrow and purifies my life.

I was eating in a Chinese restaurant downtown. There was a dish called Mother and Child Reunion. It's chicken and eggs. And I said, I gotta use that one.

The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenements halls and whispered in the sounds of silence.

Improvisation is too good to leave to chance.

If you can get humor and seriousness at the same time, you've created a special little thing, and that's what I'm looking for, because if you get pompous, you lose everything.

Sail on silver girl Sail on by Your time has come to shine All your dreams are on their way See how they shine Oh, if you need a friend I'm sailing right behind.

I don't feel any pressure from fans. But I'm always in some kind of state of emotional turmoil. I would not describe myself as happy-go-lucky. That's not to say that I'm not happy.

Believing I had supernatural powers, I slammed into a brick wall.

I've got nothing to do today but smile.

Music is forever; music should grow and mature with you, following you right on up until you die.

Someone told me it's all happening at the zoo.

Transient guests are we.

The problem is, we always want to pay the prices we can afford.

Of course, I am religious.I worship love.

I may not be perfect, but I am worthy.

I have fallen in love with you Sasha Ava Stryker. I am afraid it is eternal and binding. I wanted to stake my claim on you tonight. To make you mine – for now and infinity to come.

I think of how perhaps the best way to fly would be with hands full of earth, so you always remember where you came from.

A writer's occupational hazard: I think of eavesdropping as minding my business.

If you have seen one Alekhine game you've seen them all.

Detroit is right now a new Mecca for Hip Hop.

Encouragement is the most important thing in the world for young people, rather than league tables, which demoralise everyone.