We now have a national reputation for corruption.

Those who love God with their minds, even if it gives them a headache, are those whose hearts stay on fire.

Well if it isn't little miss 'Call Me Maybe' back from the dead.

The level of shyness has gone up dramatically in the last decade. I think shyness is an index of social pathology rather than a pathology of the individual.

I do not know what evil is when it comes to art. I only know what is good art and what is bad art.

It is not a question so much of a 'tree like a figure' or a 'root like a figure' - it is a question of bringing out the anonymous personality of these things.

Anything you want for life is available to you, the universe is just waiting for you to take the necessary action(s) before it gives you what you want.

The industry is littered with self-styled purists who believe the business of media.. the requirement to make a profit.. somehow corrupts the craft.

God needs blood to fix the universe, but only his own blood had enough magical power to do it, so he gave himself a body and then killed it.

The exquisite truth is to believe in something that maybe you know is a fiction, but you believe in it willingly.

It's maybe a good thing to try to make music that feels reassuring in some ways - something that's got a good feeling, a good vibe about it.