...We understood nothing at all. Not what it meant to wish for a miracle... nor its price.

The hardest obstacle I've ever had to overcome is probably my first steps into adulthood: paying rent, groceries, cooking, taxes. I was so anxious to grow up, and now I'm wishing I was still a kid.

As an artist, I've been very fortunate.

Im not really into the whole lyrics thing; I just like to make music that people like to listen to.

No one can possibly know what is about to happen: it is happening, each time, for the first time, for the only time.

Any idea seriously entertained tends to bring about the realization of itself.

Success is not important to me, nor are power or money. If the script feels good, then I'm in. It's that simple.

When you see the flower of happiness on your way, don't take it immediately; sit and watch it and realise how rare it is!

Had I just begged for an audience with Death?

And do not change. Do not divert your love from visible things. But go on loving what is good, simple and ordinary; animals and things and flowers, and keep the balance true.

Every person is responsible for all the good within the scope of his abilities, and for no more, and none can tell whose sphere is the largest.