You've got major artists releasing albums on their own and eschewing the major system. I think that breeds excitement and creativity.

I think being different, going against the grain of society is the greatest thing in the world.

Dream the impossible because dreams do come true.

In the absence of love, there is nothing worth fighting for.

Our bad memories and our bad experiences are what make us who we are and what make us grow and allow us to learn, if we choose to see the lessons in those experiences.

Quite simply it is love. It is the unconditional love that says, regardless of what you do or where you go, I will always be there for you.

I never wanted to be in a band because I love music too much to mess it up.

On a superficial level, I like girls with dark hair - I'm a sucker for that.

My God! Middle Earth does exist!

Hello! I'm Elijah Wood, and i'm a looser!

The guy is a stud with women just following him around wherever he goes. But he is the last one who'll ask anyone to do anything for him. He'd rather just go do it himself.

My heart has had love and lost love but it keeps on loving. That's just what hearts do.

That’s the beauty of magic. You can get it no matter how rich or poor you are.

Joyful gratitude creates a happy life.

The ‘gods’ that do us the greatest harm are the gods we deny having.

When people talk about the good old days, I say to people, 'It's not the days that are old, it's you that's old.' I hate the good old days. What is important is that today is good.

Have you ever closed your eyes and listened to the sound of your own mother's voice?

Each song is a lifetime, it begins and ends, and there's a journey taken within the songs.

The only way to achieve the impossible is to believe it is possible.

Nate Silver is now forecasting Oscar winners. The only area of life in which he has no expertise, ironically, is life itself.

I don't mind women who want to act. That's fine. It's odd that men want to act, in that there's still a degree of vanity associated with it.