My father came a couple of times, but he always blamed his hearing loss on my loud amplifiers. So he didn't come anymore, but I had his support.

My sunglasses are like my guitar.

We go through life. We shed our skins. We become ourselves.

To be an artist — actually, to be a human being in these times — it’s all difficult. … What matters is to know what you want and pursue it.

Never let go of that fiery sadness called desire.

Where does it all lead? What will become of us? These were our young questions, and young answers were revealed. It leads to each other. We become ourselves.

Life isn't some vertical or horizontal line -- you have your own interior world, and it's not neat.

I imagined myself as Frida to Diego, both muse and maker. I dreamed of meeting an artist to love and support and work with side by side.

Swift is the arrow, dark is the thorn, the slate is clean, the future awaits, awake.

Make your interactions with people transformational, not just transactional.

To me, punk rock is the freedom to create, freedom to be successful, freedom to not be successful, freedom to be who you are. It's freedom.

Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content

See the big picture and details of everything in your life (zoom out, then zoom in).

Why should we not expect self-designated environmental leaders to practice what they preach?

You know your talent. You know if you work hard, your hard work is going to pay off one day.

Life can be beautiful when you understand the inconvenience of being born.

A sequel is an admission that you've been reduced to imitating yourself.

Why is it that big companies fail when the technology changes? It happens in every industry, so what's the pattern? What are they all doing wrong?

War is just to those to whom war is necessary.

It’s amazing how lovely common things become, if one only knows how to look at them.

Because every day of your life was written on God's calendar before you were born, everything that happens to you has spiritual significance.