The heart of Christianity is a myth which is also a fact. The old myth of the Dying God, without ceasing to be a myth, comes down from the heaven of legend and imagination to the earth of history.

We...advance toward a state of society in which not only each man but every impulse in each man claims carte blanche.

These are the stories that we tell ourselves and only ourselves, and they are better left unshared.

I can play songs that I hear from a movie and just play it a few times on the keyboard. I will hit all the notes on the keyboard until I find the right key, and then I will play the rest of the song.

I always wanted to be known as a songwriter and not just a songbird.

I don't have to retire to be happy.

The greatest thing in life is to die young - but delay it as long as possible.

When it's right you can't say Who is kissing whom.

Saw him where?" "While I was sitting outside with one of my half aunts." This seemed to satisfy Ronan was well, because he asked, "What's the other half of her?" "God, Ronan," Adam said. "Enough.

The caged eagle become a metaphor for all forms of isolation, the ultimate in imprisonment. A zoo is prison.

The heavy guitars are the ones that sound good. They are not that comfortable, but they do sound great.

Real freedom is not merely doing what you like, but also NOT doing what you like.