I grew up in a forest. It's like a room. It's protected. Like a cathedral... it is a place between heaven and earth.

I am interested in reconstructing symbols. It's about connecting with an older knowledge and trying to discover continuities in why we search for heaven.

Ruins, for me, are the beginning. With the debris, you can construct new ideas. They are symbols of a beginning.

Buying art is not understanding art.

Art is longing. You never arrive, but you keep going in the hope that you will.

As a child I had no toys; our house was bombed, but there were lots of bricks. Ruins are wonderful because they are the beginning of something new, you can do something with them.

But I believe above all that I wanted to build the palace of my memory, because my memory is my only homeland.

I believe art has to take responsibility but it should not give up being art.

History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images.

I believe in empty spaces; they're the most wonderful thing.

History is formed by the people, those who have power and those without power. Each one of us makes history.

If you want a new tomorrow, then make new choices today.

I listened to make sure I was meeting the minimum requirement to stay out of jail, so to speak.

Along with a sense of humor, my songs have to be sincere, and they have to be sung from a position of inner conviction.

I've been a member of Greenpeace since I was a teenager.

I get embarrassed listening to my last CDs. I've got a lot of work to do, let's put it that way.

It's not unilateral when it's 16 to 3! Can't you count?

There can be no possible question that cold is felt much more keenly in the thin air of nineteen thousand feet than it is below.

A God is thinkable, therefore a God is also actually present

Most studios in Memphis had a house set of drums; the drummers just brought their own sticks.

Say I Want to Feel Good when youre Tempted to Indulge in Low-Energy Thoughts