Unless you had a popular video on YouTube or could perform shows in front of thousands, musical ability meant nothing.

That a day spent with dreaming and sunsets and refreshing breezes cannot be bettered.

Love is like the wind, you can't see it but you can feel it.

I fell in love with her when we were together, then fell deeper in love with her in the years we were apart.

You are, and always have been, my dream.

In the blink of an eye, something happens by chance - when you least expect it - sets you on a course that you never planned, into a future you never imagined.

I want you to be.... happy.

I mean, if the relationship can't survive the long term, why on earth would it be worth my time and energy for the short term?

The scariest thing about distance is that you don’t know whether they’ll miss you or forget you.

You can't live your life for other people. You've got to do what's right for you, even if it hurts some people you love.

Writing the last page of the first draft is the most enjoyable moment in writing. It's one of the most enjoyable moments in life, period.

Pencil. Paper. Forget the world.

Life on earth is a transition.Death is final rest of every man.What legacy do you wish to live?

I know what I can do to a girl with a word, a look, a touch. And I want to do them all to her.

I never wanted to be mainstream as a writer, but look at what's happened.

It is now in Gordon Brown's - and the Labour party's - best interests for those seeking the prime minister's immediate departure to back off.

A map, it is said, organizes wonder.

If a film isn't really talking about who we are and what our psychologies are, then we're probably not that interested in it, actually.

Almost every magazine piece I've ever written, I felt like I haven't done it justice, like it was just a gloss.

Getting enough of what you want without depriving anyone else is the ultimate act of selfishness and sanity.

When I first came out, like a lot of the artists at that time, I had a very polished, very overproduced sound.