People think I'm a miserable sod but it's only because I get asked such bloody miserable questions.

I want to write songs that are so sad, the kind of sad where you take someone's little finger and break it in three places.

Love is a state that I would like to exist in continuously.

An artist's duty is rather to stay open-minded and in a state where he can receive information and inspiration. You always have to be ready for that little artistic Epiphany.

I can control the weather with my moods. I just can’t control my moods.

Kylie Minogue is the greatest thing that has happened to Australian music.

It's a wonderful life if you can find it.

He who seeks, finds, and who knocks, will be let in.

All of our days are numbered. We cannot afford to be idle. To act on a bad idea is better than to not act at all, because the worth of an idea never becomes apparent until you do it.

But if you're gonna dine with them cannibals Sooner or later, darling, you're gonna get eaten . . .

The artistic process seems to be mythologized quite a lot into something far greater than it actually is. It is just hard labor.

The assumption that the gospel can be reduced to a note card is already off on the wrong track.

God is an idea, the devil is us.

You can posses what you desire.

I long for the raised voice, the howl of rage or love.

Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.

We all have a face that we hide away forever, and we take them out and show ourselves when everyone has gone.

I really liked watching Bo Jackson run just because of his size and his speed.

We know well that mistakes are more easily detected in the works of others than in one's own.

I was glad to be with her, but it also kind of hurt, and it hurt when I wasn't with her, too.

The creative core of New York has never been native New Yorkers; it's people from all over the world.