When I write I like to give equal justice to lyrics, too. I want the song to have meaning for me so I can make it have meaning for the audience.

All limitations are self-imposed.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

it is a serious thing // just to be alive / on this fresh morning / in this broken world.

The children of any nation are its future. A country, a movement, a person that does not value its youth and children does not deserve its future.

Goalkeepers need an element of insanity.

A woman's mind is cleaner than a man's: She changes it more often.

I think the fakest thing in the world is to judge someone on how they look.

Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.

Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.

For a moment you forget how much the loss hurts. Then you remember and it buries you.

Once who is beautiful at the age of five, will also be beautiful at the age of 25 and 75. Its only the attraction that fades out with time, charm and beauty always remain there.

We employ free will to design of our own being and therefore we must accept responsibility for our actions.

Democracy means government by the uneducated while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.

As I have said so many times, God doesn't play dice with the world.

The key to spontaneous wit is an unburdened mind.

My mother never married my father. She was married to and divorced from another man, then she married and divorced my stepfather and then, ultimately, they ended up getting back together.

My musical style has changed dramatically from my first album until now. That's the real developmental shift. But my clothing has pretty much stayed the same. The important thing is to be real.

Look for all the world like you're counting the brain cells in his cranium.

It's very important to feel foreign. I was born in England, but when I'm being a writer, everyone in England is foreign to me.

Everyone has a warped vision of Hollywood and what success in Hollywood is like.