From those who agonize that they may no longer be able to write off their private jet to someone who doesn't feel like making the three mile hike to the well to get water and carry it back, everyone struggles.

I don't have talent. I have tenacity.

No time for drug addiction, no time for smoke or booze. Too strong for a shortened life span, I've got no time to lose.

Strength is the product of struggle, you must do what others don't to achieve what others won't.

It is only our humanity that can deliver us from the brutality of our achievements.

If I were a doctor, I would prescribe that you addict yourself deeply and irrevocably to music and never, ever seek cure outside of more music. It really is the best drug available.

Don't go to summer camp. Bury your parents in the backyard and have the place to yourself.