The moments when I first made something, like when I first wrote a song please me so intensely. Everything else after that is just the act of communication.

Imitate the sun. Don't worry if people understand you. Just shine shine shine.

I watch a lot of TV and I got some new hair products.

I've tried to make music that's more universal, but for me, it's most successful emotionally when it's most specific to what I'm going through.

In the silence, hear what can't be heard.

There's a great expression that says, "God is a jealous lover," and it's a very accurate expression that has nothing to do with whatever you see god or nature as.

As a musician or a performer, you're meant to know what you're about, but it's ridiculous that someone 14 would have any idea of what they're about.

I promise you that I will steal your heart and keep it in the prison of my love forever.

Happiness is an inner perception, not a reality.

If one is sick, one is usually the last person to know.

If you understand 'it' will come, then you'll understand 'it' will pass. No matter what happens, you can make it. Trust me, you can.

I see a lot of people doing an "'80s thing" who weren't even born until the '90s.

Some people would rather stay ignorant and self-satisfied.

Try novelties for salesman's bait, For novelty wins everyone.

Readiness for God means that we are ready to do the tiniest little thing or the great big thing, it makes no difference

My father taught me that only through self-discipline can you achieve freedom. Pour water in a cup and you can drink; without the cup, the water would splash all over. The cup is discipline.

This is how you play tennis without the net