A city isn’t so unlike a person. They both have the marks to show they have many stories to tell. They see many faces. They tear things down and make new again.

We laughed the way that only people who carry each other back from Hell can laugh when they finally get a hunger for the future once again.

Not every daughter mourns the loss of a mother.

The Finals are about a test of wills.

What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.

The most giving souls are those who give when they don't have to give, who could just walk away from this world and its suffering and merge with eternal existence and bliss forever.

I only look at things in a short term of a few years, but admittedly, I reevaluate what I'm doing, and whether I want to continue touring or not.

Books are divided into two classes, the books of the hour and the books of all time.

I live for the present always. I accept this risk. I don't deny the past, but it's a page to turn.

For rarely man escapes his destiny. [It., Che l'uomo il suo destin fugge di raro.]

It's always a good idea to get yourself a famous, rich, and groovy young man. That's one of the best-known methods of furthering your career.

I used to think the only way to be truly alive is to confront your mortality.

If you own a butcher shop, don't hire vegetarians. To hire the right people, you have to let the wrong people go.