So much of what we do as artists is a combination of personal experience and imagination, and how that all creeps into your work is not so linear.

I think that I was being much more uptight about those things before. I feel like I really don't have to prove anything at this point other than what I'm doing.

There were some things that I found I really enjoyed singing about; like, on the title track, there's this film-noir character of a woman who's sort of losing it in a room.

I work very hard at being the best musician I can be because I love it.

Love songs last because they are about feelings that don't change.

You're creating an intimacy that everybody feels, that it's their experience, not yours. I'll never introduce a song and say, now this song is about 'my' broken heart.

The greatest thing about music is putting it out there for people to figure out.

I'm not really on a mission to tell anybody anything. I'd rather be figured out.

I always wonder what drives us as Artists.

It is a privilege and an honor to perform on Steinway pianos.

Sometimes I can't get out of the character because the story is very intense.

We are not bound by time. But there are things we cannot speak of because the repercussions of particular thoughts can break lives.

The Word of God gives power, authority and abundant life to a man.

We ourselves are not an illusory part of Reality

I think to lose Kentucky is nearly the same as to lose the whole game.

Prison, with its daily rhythm, with the transfer and the defense, does not leave any time; prison dissolves time: This is the principal form of punishment in a capitalist society.

Who sows fear, reaps weapons.

So long as a man-of-war exists, it must ever remain a picture of much that is tyrannical and repelling in human nature.

He scatters enjoyment who can enjoy much.

The most elusive knowledge of all is self-knowledge.

But a haiku by Buson came into his mind: 'I try to forget this senile love; a chilly autumn shower.' The gloom only grew denser.