Norman is a very up-close, personal, character drama and I'd like to do something more zoomed out, a little more pastoral, some sweeping epic. I'd like to try something different.

I've done my share of busking, and it's fun until it isn't. There are musicians in the subways that will make you cry, they're so good.

I think I'm still a little too intense for my own good sometimes.

Every time I get up in the morning, melodies occur to me and I start trying to shape lyrics to melodies.

I guess I'm attracted to more archaic words because they can be imbued with more meaning, because their definition is elusive.

My favorite literature to read is fairly dry history. I like the framework, and my imagination can do the rest.

Sometimes I think I don't have much choice in the matter. It's just what happens, and I'm following my instincts the whole time.

Songwriters can sort of get away with murder. You can throw out crazy theories and not have to back it up with data or graphs or research.

All the folks I play with come from jazz backgrounds or at least appreciate spontaneity within the parameters of a pop song.

I am, in some sense, a writer. Even though I kinda downplay the word thing, I do enjoy writing sometimes.

I think when I was pretty young I got really into the tone of my instrument and I remember just playing one note for an hour to just kind of feel the resonance of the violin.

If you want, I can carry you—” “I’m fine, ” she said shortly. “Let’s go.”He’d said that wrong. He should have said, “I want to carry you.

Assassination is an art, milord, and I am the city’s most accomplished artist - Durzo Blint

the sadness will ebbthe trouble is the time it might take

My initial response was to sue her for defamation of character, but then I realized that I had no character.

Balance the cost of the soul you lost with the dreams you lightly sold.

Believe me, folks, I've been saying it for a long time. The system, the whole system is rigged.

I don't trust anyone who hasn't been self-destructiv e in some way, and who hasn't gone through some sort of bout of self-loathing. You've got to bang yourself around a bit to know yourself.

Prayer is to religion what thinking is to philosophy. To pray is to make religion.

I was a brat. It was crazy, I was very picky. In other words, I didn't take advantage of what was happening

In America, there seems to be more focus on the idea that it's important to do things differently. In Britain, it's not an issue.