To die hating them, that was freedom.

Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.

We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it.

War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.

But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.

Being in a minority, even in a minority of one, did not make you mad. There was truth and there was untruth, and if you clung to the truth even against the whole world, you were not mad.

The best books... are those that tell you what you know already.

Reality is inside the skull.

Of pain you could wish only one thing: that it should stop. Nothing in the world was so bad as physical pain. In the face of pain there are no heroes.

Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else.

If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.

Facing my mistakes from years ago has been one of the hardest things I've ever dealt with.

I played, like, a year of piano until I learned the 'Pink Panther' theme. That was my goal. Once I was good enough, I quit. Now my music has to have some rock.

Until we become clear about our own worth and value, we will forever be searching for it in the eyes of others.

In Paris, our lives are one masked ball.

I don't have a directorial overview, which sometimes is very helpful.

Every time you buy tickets on Ticketmaster, you help to digitize a book.

To say that a body or its gravitational field 'bends in space' in its vicinity is the discuss visual space in acoustic terms.

We're one of the most highly regulated industries, and we have to pay attention to what government is doing.

Jesus did not call upon people to repent, or fast, or observe the sabbath. He did not threaten with hell or promise heaven.

Music is a unifying force.