I'm very aware of the chemistry. It's something you can't take for granted. I'm very thankful for it and I recognise the power of its reality in all of our lives. Some people don't and it's a mistake not to because people throw away god-given special chemistry that's very rare, very hard to find.

When I was younger, I used to hate Germany. I hated the country, the people, the language, the culture, everything! But over the years I've grown to really appreciate the German people.

Buddhism helps me to have a healthy relationship with my body and spirit.

My work was done, so it was time to start digging my grave again.

I was a little self-centered gutter punk in the early 1980s and all I wanted to do was diss everybody.

Once I opened my mind to the concept of a greater power, I never struggled with it. Everywhere I went, I felt and saw the existence of a creative intelligence in this universe, of a loving power larger than myself in nature, in people, everywhere.

I'm an artist and I get very attached to my own little ditties.