Of what use was memory anyway than as a template for one's most reassuring self-deceptions!

The arrow of time obscures memory of both past and future circumstance with innumerable fallacies, the least trivial of which is perception.

Elegance is the perfect disguise for our violent nature—a mask so convincing that we often fool ourselves the moment we don it.

Comfort...was the key ingredient to making the prisoner crave the prison.

I caught his hand. “What do you want me to do?”Leaning down, he kissed the pulse beating on my neck just above the damaged skin. “Tomorrow, I need you to die.

Freedom without order leads to chaos. We must have order around our freedom. It is God’s Word that sets the boundaries for our freedom.

Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.

I think initially the impetus for doing stuff yourself comes from your love of other music.

Presidential elections always turn on personalities, they turn on how campaigns are run, they turn on natural desires for change.

I never want to produce anything that a family could not enjoy together. I never want to create art that would embarrass my own children later.

Scheduling down time as part of your routine is hard but worth it, personally, even professionally.

The human heart is a mysterious and sometimes dark place.

I hope they're still making women like my momma. She always told me to do the right thing. She always told me to have pride in myself; she said a good name is better than money.

Long sentences in a short composition are like large rooms in a little house.