The books you read in childhood shape the person you become.

I arrived in the USA in 2001 and by 2015 I knew through experience that I was living in a country of corporate incompetence and blatant frauds.

Strength lies in differences, not in similarities

Time whereof the memory of man runneth not to the contrary.

He that is not in the war is not out of danger.

The universe is conspiring in every moment to bring me happiness and peace.

One always has the air of someone who is lying when one speaks to a policeman.

With good will for the entire cosmos, cultivate a limitless heart: above, below, and all around, unobstructed, without hostility or hate.

The land of Ireland for the people of Ireland

If you asked me one day, I might say, "Well, sometimes I feel a little bit religious." If you asked me another day, I'd just say flat out, "No."

It's almost charity work, what people have done, turning other people on to my music.