When your sad--like really sad--you only want to be with other people who are sad.

Hard is trying to rebuild yourself, piece by piece, with no instruction book, and no clue as to where all the important bits are supposed to go.

You're not allowed to say anything about books because they're books, and books are, you know, God.

Knowing that you want to die makes you less scared.

Even thought our problems had driven us up there, it was as if they had somehow, like Daleks, been unable to climb the stairs.

Nature is one of the most underutilized treasures in life. It has the power to unburden hearts and reconnect to that inner place of peace.

[Bill] Clinton was a pretty good president for a Republican.

Beware: If you egg people on, you'll get egg on your face.

He didn't understand how sadness came so easily to people. For him it was like a pile of rocks that had to be moved one at a time. Just thinking about it made him tired.

When people go away they vanish, turn to nothing, stop being. They live only in memories, haunting the imagination.

When we separate music from life we get art.

One man's toxic waste is another man's potpourri.

I may say it of our preposterous use of books,--He knew not what to do, and so he read.

Because I was starting out in my 20's. I wanted to do it on my own. I didn't want to use my dad or have people say I was using him.

I really like working with unique and unknown artists, as they usually bring something fresh to a song.