To sustain hatred is a very difficult thing to do, year after year. It's exhausting.

I want to write songs that are so sad, the kind of sad where you take someone's little finger and break it in three places.

Love is a state that I would like to exist in continuously.

An artist's duty is rather to stay open-minded and in a state where he can receive information and inspiration. You always have to be ready for that little artistic Epiphany.

I can control the weather with my moods. I just can’t control my moods.

Kylie Minogue is the greatest thing that has happened to Australian music.

It's a wonderful life if you can find it.

He who seeks, finds, and who knocks, will be let in.

All of our days are numbered. We cannot afford to be idle. To act on a bad idea is better than to not act at all, because the worth of an idea never becomes apparent until you do it.

But if you're gonna dine with them cannibals Sooner or later, darling, you're gonna get eaten . . .

The artistic process seems to be mythologized quite a lot into something far greater than it actually is. It is just hard labor.

Compromise makes relationships survive.

If one is forever cautious can one remain a human being?

A heart of faith is anchored in the unseen

It's very important that you never depend on money to fulfill your creative vision. If you do that, you're doomed to fail.

We expect them [Salvadoran officials] to work toward the elimination of human rights.

Retirement: It's nice to get out of the rat race, but you have to learn to get along with less cheese.

Time doesn't conceal anything, it tells the future what you did in the past, so prepare well in order to score extra marks.

Each movement reminds us that every moment invites a new opportunity for change.

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When the enterprising burglar isn't burgling; When the cut-throat isn't occupied in crime; He loves to hear the little brook a-gurgling; And listen to the merry village chime.