I think one of the worst things people can do is try and fight the people they've agreed to work with.

I think if you truly believe that something should be that way then you should push for that.

Give me one good reason why I should never make a change, baby if you hold me then all of this will go away.

Truth is mighty and it will prevail.

I think the lesson that I learnt very early on was to listen to people you work with, because you're all in it together.

While I was travelling and I kind of had the classic realisation - that I guess most teenagers have at some point - that time's gonna run out and that's not in my power to change that.

I like to try and mix diction and experiences.

It's strange to think that I can go places and people want to hear my music. I guess that's all I ever wanted.

Obviously I still gig on my own, but I've always heard my music with a band.

The thing for me though, is that songs are good depending on the memories I have with them.

Even if I know that really it's not a great song, even if it's a naff song but I have a good memory of it, then to me that's a great song.

An hour's conversation on literature between two ardent minds with a common devotion to a neglected poet is a miraculous road to intimacy.

I would rather live a short life of glory than a long one of obscurity.

You are beautiful, but you are empty,” he went on. “One could not die for you. To be sure, an ordinary passerby would think that my rose looked just like you--the rose that belongs to me.

'Tis a sort of duty to be rich, that it may be in one's power to do good, riches being another word for power.

I am sitting in the smallest room of my house. I have your review before me. In a moment it shall be behind me.

This guy [Steven Lerner] is a pure anti-capitalist. He despises America. He is on a personal crusade.

I believe in myself as I look forward to graduating from Hamilton Heights High School in 1991.

Basketball is like Religion. Many attend but few understand.

Success comes from taking the initiative and following up or persisting.

I felt compelled to venture forth and explore the true face of the world. Leading a satisfying life of plenty had blinded many of us to the immense hardships beyond our borders.