In my songs, I'm not saying something that's never been said before. The have lyrics aren't going to blow people away. It's the emotion and the melody that drive it home.

And when you smile, the whole world stops and stares for a while

When everything in life gets so complicated it only takes a day to change it

If you ever forget how much you really mean to me, Every day I will remind you

Be in control. Know who you are. And don't try to be different just to be different.

You can't knock on opportunity's door and not be ready.

Never had much faith in love or miracles, Never wanna put my heart on the line

You have to be who you are, and hopefully they dig it

You gotta know what you are, who you are and how you want to be portrayed.

When I see your face, there's not a thing that I would change 'cause you're are amazing just the way you are.

You have to envision your life, and then go backwards.

When we face a choice between adding features and resolving security issues, we need to choose security.

There is in my work a very strong religious foreground and background. In the later work some of that tends to diminish, but it's certainly present in the early work.

To the man with only a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.

What you know today can affect what you do tomorrow, but not what you did yesterday.

[During the Renaissance] the Italians said, "We are one in the Father: we will go back." The Northern races said, "We are one in Christ, we will go on.

What has not wasting time impaired?

I think it would really be more like 10 films before I locked in and said, "Yeah, I'm really gonna do this thing."

Who knows what goes on in the mind of a cat?

The more quickly we loosen our grip on the things of the world the more firmly we can take hold of the things of eternity.

If you wish to live exactly as you please, the Angkar will put aside a small piece of land for you.