Hunger has always been more or less at my elbow when I played, but now I began to wake up at night to find hunger standing at my bedside, staring at my gauntly.

I was persisting in reading my present environment in the light of my old one.

If you possess enough courage to speak out what you are, you will find you are not alone.

A writer who hasn't written anything worth-while is a most doubtful person.

Resist any form of oppression.

Music is spiritual. The music business is not.

Now I see that it isn't the problems along the way that make us or break us. It's how we learn to stand and face them that makes the difference.

My mother, I want her to like my music, but she's not exactly my target audience. So I care more about the fans in general, just making sure they enjoy what I do.

I've always been taught to care what other people think. My grandmother and mother taught me to project a positive image of myself.

It's much easier to consume the visual image than to read something.

Some mathematician, I believe, has said that true pleasure lies not in the discovery of truth, but in the search for it.

All say, ‘how hard it is that we have to die’ -- a strange complaint to come from the mouths of those who have had to live.

A great reserve and severity of manners are necessary for the command of those who are older than ourselves.

You've seen my descent, now watch my rising.