Why do so manysettle for so little? I don't understand why they're not greedy for what's inside them.

I dream of lost vocabularies that might express some of what we no longer can.

The heart lies to itself because it must.

We must have the stubbornness to accept our gladness in the ruthless furnace of this world.

We must unlearn the constellations to see the stars.

Everyone forgets Icarus also flew.

I believe that Icarus was not failing as he fell, but just coming to the end of his triumph.

Our heart wanders lost in the dark woods. Our dream wrestles in the castle of doubt. But there’s music in us. Hope is pushed down but the angel flies up again taking us with her.

When I was walking in the mountains with the Japanese man and began to hear the water, he said, 'What is the sound of the waterfall?' 'Silence,' he finally told me.

WAKING AT NIGHT The blue river is grey at morning and evening. There is twilight at dawn and dusk. I lie in the dark wondering if this quiet in me now is a beginning or an end.

We are all burning in time, but each is consumed at his own speed.

The more idealism proves futile, the more I respect idealists.

One cannot fight for so long without the scars building on one's soul.

Know yourself who you are, Know your inner potentials, motivations and purposes, Know what blocks you.

So for those of you who haven't read any of my five best-selling books: Liberals are driven by Satan and lie constantly.

I'm not going to be like a rapper and mention the people I'm talking about in my songs by name.

I mean, I do consider that my music is pop because Ive been influenced by pop music my whole life; I grew up in the States and 80s pop music was my biggest influence.

I've had this opportunity to get some of my financing out of Europe, which has helped tremendously, so I'm not completely dependent on the studio system or on U.S. financing.

I can always tell if a band has a British rhythm section due to the gritty production.

I am not a total, complete nitwit when it comes to selling books. I promise you there will be unexpected things. Some of them I don't know yet. She's writing it all herself.

As a matter of fact, there is still a lot of light at the end of the tunnel. We just have to find a way to get to it.