i wanted more time so we could fall in love.

Some tourists think Amsterdam is a city of sin, but in truth it is a city of freedom. And in freedom, most people find sin.

Amsterdam is like the rings of a tree: It gets older as you get closer to the center.

I feel like crying, so I must be crying, but it's impossible to tell because I'm underwater.

...And in freedom, most people find sin.

So I walked back to my room and collapsed on the bottom bunk, thinking that if people were rain, I was drizzle and she was a hurricane.

A taste so profound and complex that it can't even be compared to other tastes, only to emotions. Cheesy waffles, I was thinking, tastes like love without the fear of love's dissolution.

My thoughts are stars I cannot fathom into constellations.

The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.

All those paper people living in their paper houses, burning the future to stay warm.

I would always love Alaska Young, my crooked neighbor, with all my crooked heart.

In the war of magic and religion, is magic ultimately the victor? Perhaps priest and magician were once one, but the priest, learning humility in the face of God, discarded the spell for prayer.

Flacks for both war-obsessed governments immediately blamed the other side for the deaths of the civilians.

Neither can you explain yourself to me. Nor can I explain myself to you. You have your sadness and I have mine.

When I see three balls, I just swing at the middle one.

The boarders have changed. My vocals explore different elements and you know it was really important for me to transfer the atmosphere of the songs with my voice.

It's exciting to get to write characters that love each other and fight for each other.

There is no shame in falling down but there is pride in getting back up.

I love Ornette Coleman. I love Don Cherry. I love the way those guys play.

Therefore is nature ever the ally of Religion: lends her all her pomp and riches to the religious sentiment.

I have this really beautiful Martin guitar, and it just kind of writes songs for me.