The utter helplessness of a conquered people is perhaps the most tragic feature of a civil war or any other sort of war.

It was a marvel, an enigma in abolition latitudes, that the slaves did not rise en-masse, at the beginning of hostilities.

And that is one of the worst things about this life. As a liar, a pretend person, you cannot really truly ever be someone's friend. My American life, it is lonely. Often, it is very, very lonely.

You see mother, you had no life of your own. They have no idea. One has only a life of one's own.

Lotus Eaters is a movie about people who can't really be alone, but they're always alone, really, even when they're together.

Songwriting is like a therapy, it's a connection that you have with another person, and I'm not scared of it at all for some reason.

If there's no struggle, there's no progress.

I thought he had been shot.

Because I'm pure inside, the music that comes out of me is a life-giving thing. Like water.

Ultimately, I want to have a good career and do interesting work

You can't win on innovation unless you have a way to communicate it to customers.

The so called "progress," "time marching on," is not a straight line, but a pendulum.