God and other artists are always a little obscure.

The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

Always forgive your enemies nothing annoys them so much.

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

Everyone may not be good, but there's always something good in everyone. Never judge anyone shortly because every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

Be yourself; everyone else is taken.

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.

Maybe being powerful means to be fragile.

Change the instruments and you will change the entire social theory that goes with them

I've gone through the village of my songwriting and my artistry, and I've gone through lots of different phases, including one where it has been very quiet and abandoned me for a few years.

The enjoyment of life would be instantly gone if you removed the possibility of doing something.

I came together with younger musicians and tried to pass on my own experiences. In the process, I always tried to maintain my curiosity and spontaneity.

Once liberty has exploded in the soul of a man, the gods can do nothing against that man.

An unimaginative person can neither be reverent nor kind.

People who don't vote have no line of credit with people who are elected and thus pose no threat to those who act against our interests.

If you have a block of ballistics gelatin and a high-speed camera, pretty soon somebody gets a gun!

The more power there is, the more bondage, the more fear.