You have to give up some of the old so that you can make room for the new.

Focused will is incredible. If you have a dream and you don’t give up no matter what obstacles come up, then life’s problems will fall away and you will get what you want. It happens. It works.

The greatest things in life - truth, creativity, imagination, love, kindness, compassion -are already inside us, and they're all free.

Sometimes we get caught up in our troubles and our problems and we let life slip away, but life is precious, all of life, and one must try to take in as much of it as possible.

Of all the forces that are exerted on us over our lifetime, at least for me, love has been the most powerful of all.

There’s a very deep connection among human beings. All we have to do is open our minds to it.

I tend to avoid writing music about initial reactions to situations, like frustration or anger. I’d rather wait till I go through the problem, and write about the learning that took place.

A simple life is good with me. I don't need a whole lot. For me, a T-shirt, a pair of shorts, barefoot on a beach and I'm happy.

No matter what happens in life, never lose sight of who you are.

My father taught me that one of the most important abilities in life is to be able to take the pain and persevere, and for years this lesson had served me well.

The most important battle is one to conquer yourself.

You are the ocean

Sometimes you meet people who teach you what kind of person you do not want to be in your life.

In music, in the sea, in a flower, in a leaf, in an act of kindness... I see what people call God in all these things.

This was one of those mid-thirties moments when you take a look at the stale, half-chewed bagel your life has become and kiss jealousy on its smokey mouth.

Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.

Economists, on the whole, think well of what they do themselves and much less well of what their professional colleagues do.

It troubles me that people speak about writing for money as ugly and distasteful.

It wasn't so much of a controlled effort to end up as part of the Goth scene.

As a founder you have to build a team some day, so why not start the day you found the company?

Seriously, I don't know any American girl who can resist an English accent.