The real beauty of democracy is that the average man believes he is above average.

I don't know whether the world is full of smart men bluffing or imbeciles who mean it.

Some people suffer in silence louder than others.

The reason you have descended into physical life is to unleash the power of your soul upon Earth.

Touring is everything. Without touring, you're just another artist on the internet trying to get your music out.

It's not enough for me to just hear about something or read about something, I wanna know it in my bones.

Flattery is like wine, which exhilarates a man for a moment, but usually ends by going to his head and making him act foolishly.

It’s a world where high school students look roughly twenty-four.

There is no doubt that I have lots of words inside me; but at moments, like rush-hour traffic at the mouth of a tunnel, they jam.

If I'm going to learn, I must do it by listening.

It seems to me that the basic plot of all historical novels is a romance swept aside by history.

Women in general want to be loved for what they are and men for what they accomplish.

Solitude is the playfield of Satan.