And I kissed away a thousand tears My lady of the Various Sorrows Some begged, some borrowed, some stolen Some kept safe for tomorrow.

I want to write songs that are so sad, the kind of sad where you take someone's little finger and break it in three places.

Love is a state that I would like to exist in continuously.

An artist's duty is rather to stay open-minded and in a state where he can receive information and inspiration. You always have to be ready for that little artistic Epiphany.

I can control the weather with my moods. I just can’t control my moods.

Kylie Minogue is the greatest thing that has happened to Australian music.

It's a wonderful life if you can find it.

He who seeks, finds, and who knocks, will be let in.

All of our days are numbered. We cannot afford to be idle. To act on a bad idea is better than to not act at all, because the worth of an idea never becomes apparent until you do it.

But if you're gonna dine with them cannibals Sooner or later, darling, you're gonna get eaten . . .

The artistic process seems to be mythologized quite a lot into something far greater than it actually is. It is just hard labor.

Definitely, I'm always nice. Sometimes I wish I could be naughty, I'm just a little too boring.

Adversity is the refiner's fire that bends iron but tempers steel.

Always believe in yourself and never give up because you don't know what success could be right around the corner.

The reason why kids are crazy is because nobody can face the responsibility of bringing them up.

Ultimately, we measure ourselves against our own ideas of idealism and perfection, and we don't always come very close to them.

The highest peace is the peace between opposites.

Innovation is the whim of an elite before it becomes a need of the public.

That is to say, politics is essentially about the management of fear, an economy of fear, continually adjusting the level of fear to produce the right level of affect in the citizenry.

I firmly believe in the rule of law as the foundation for all of our basic rights.

A lady of honor may be raped once, but it strengthens her virtue.