Only a rat can win a rat race.

You learn a lot when you're barefoot. The first thing is every step you take is different.

All the freaky people make the beauty of the world.

We can bomb the world to pieces, but we can't bomb it into peace.

When many little people in many little places do many little things, then the whole world changes.

The music industry has been hijacked by corporate interests, but the way music affects people and resonates with them hasn't changed.

Be as radiant as the sun, as healing as the rain, as generous as a tree.

Life is too short to make just one decision, Music's too loud for just one station, Love is too big for just one nation, AND GOD IS TOO BIG FOR JUST ONE RELIGION...

I don't know if music can change the world overnight but I know that music can help someone make it through a difficult night.

Don't settle for something that's not great. Don't feel like having a relationship that is not serving your needs is more important than having a relationship with yourself.

Every single soul is a poem.

Older, but no wiser. Alas, our dreams continue to haunt us.

I was up all night just to talk to myself about you.

His speech flowed from his tongue sweeter than honey.

When you are at one with the world, you often find that the thing you seek is seeking you.

Everyone enjoys stories of double lives and secret identities. Children have Superman; intellectuals have Wallace Stevens.

A life spent shaping a world I want Jackson to inherit, not one I fear Jackson shall inherit, this strikes me as a life worth the living.

I believe I am the highest power, absolutely.

Producing is great because you learn.

If I was just a fan of music, I would think that I was the number one artist in the world.

Still, the image haunted his dreams throughout the night: a lovely girl gazing at the stars, and the stars who gazed back.