When I was growing up in the south Indian city of Madras, there were only two political parties that mattered; one was run by a former matinee idol, and the other was run by his former screenwriter.

It's amazing. The moment you show cash, everyone knows your language.

A man's past keeps growing, even when his future has come to a full stop.

I was looking for the key for years But the door was always open

The moment you recognize what is beautiful in this world, you stop being a slave

You can't expect a man in a dung heap to smell sweet.

Columbia University, where I went to study in 1993, insisted its undergraduates learn a foreign language, so I discovered French.

We are made mysteries to ourselves by the Rooster Coop we are locked in.

See, the poor dream all their lives of getting enough to eat and looking like the rich. And what do the rich dream of?? Losing weight and looking like the poor.

You ask 'Are you a man or a demon?' Neither, I say. I have woken up, and the rest of you are sleeping, and that is the only difference between us.

Neither you nor I speak English, but there are some things that can be said only in English.

OMG I just saw Warrick Voclain on 5th Ave! #DragonSighting #DragonInMyPants #Dragons #RuinedForAllOtherMen.

Both in thought and in feeling, even though time be real, to realise the unimportance of time is the gate of wisdom.

do i have political views? you bet! i think the best way to express them is in your work, and then get the hell off the stage

There's a reason why bullying takes such a strong form online. People don't have to push back as much as they would in real life.

Most of the songs I sing have that blues feeling in it. They have that sorry feeling. And I don't know what I'm sorry about. I don't.

Judging others’ intentions is the right of God alone. We don’t have this right, and it is poor manners with God.

I think everyone is trying to figure out who they are and their own thing.

I'm really lucky because I surround myself onset with people who I really trust to give me feedback, so I'm directing myself.

You're really playing against yourself. You have to learn what you can control and what you can't, and not let what you can't control affect your confidence.

Instead of slashing my wrists, I just write a bunch of really crummy songs.