...and my signature is drawn in magic markeron the lower right hand corner of the windowso when something passes in the darkit's captured for a moment inside my work.

Somewhere in the future I am remembering today.

When there's trouble I don't like running, but I'm afraid I got more in common with who I was, than who I am becoming

Romance is the douche of the bourgeoisie.

All the characters on the album are inside me, though none are me. They are sides of me or who I was.

You can't change the feeling but you can change your feelings about the feeling in a second or two

It takes a society to raise a generation.

There is a person whose acquaintance and conversation I do earnestly recommend unto you as thing of the greatest advantage: you will be surprised when I tell you it is yourself.

I am about to learn what it's like to live here.

As a way of getting in touch with my originsevery night I set the alarm clockfor the time I was born so that waking upbecomes a historical reenactment...

As a way of getting in touch with my originsevery night I set the alarm clockfor the time I was born so that waking upbecomes a historical reenactment and the first thing I do

Smile is a talent, few don't have.

Embrace the wonder

We all fail in some of our endeavors, but unfortunately, some of us tend not to see the reason to try again.

I know I've got a lock on the Dutch Hall of Fame.

At the soul level, we get precisely what we need in our lives for our spiritual growth. How we judge what we get determines whether we experience life as painful or joyful.

My own approach to literary problems is very like the one Dr. Johnson's blind housekeeper used when she poured tea-she put her finger inside the cup.

If you don't have a dream as an artist, you shouldn't be an artist, because you should be working towards something and trying to reach that always, whatever that is.

All's love, yet all's law.

I said,'Instead of going in the direction that a lot of the women singers are going in [revealing], I'll be very, very sexy under 18 pounds of chiffon and lace and velvet...I will have mystique.

Martin Luther was asked, what would you do if tomorrow the world would come to an end, and he said, 'I would plant an apple tree today.' This is a real good answer. I would start shooting a movie.