You need a strong sense of 'otherness' to be able to create in your life.

Across the board, from my mother to my father to my aunts and uncles, everybody has always given me a lot of love.

I like down-to-earth people.

Nothing is more powerful than beauty in a wicked world.

I'm in love with a girl who's in love with the world.

I'm not into cold weather, I like warm weather.

Theres nothing but spirit in music. Thats all it is. Yeah, theres a lot of intellectual elements to it, but no matter how you approach it, its all spirit.

I can relate to soul, R&B... whatever people want to call me is fine. I just hope it makes them feel something.

I'm not a mass-appeal artist.

I don't know anything about music theory at all. Zero. But I don't really need to.

I wasn't a very good teacher.

Staying true to who you are is essential to anyone's success.

That a universe exists within every human being. That to the blood cells and organs in your body, you are god. That this universe is only one individual among infinite others.

Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.

Only serfs or ex-serfs find it necessary to draw up a statement of their 'rights'.

A side benefit of the new and developing technologies is that soon we won't have to feel guilty about the suffering and denigration of the animals because we will have made them up.

I have come to believe that there are infinite passageways out of the shadows, infinite vehicles to transport us into the light.

Having photographs around the house is fine - if they're royal and on the grand piano.

The only way to defeat pain is to recognize pain exists.

To hunger and thirst after righteousness is when nothing in the world can fascinate us so much as being near God.

When you shoot someone who is fleeing, it's not self-defense. It's an execution.