Sensitivity isn't about being wimpy. It's about being so painfully aware that a flea landing on a dog is like a sonic boom

[What I want to communicate] doesn't have a language with which I can communicate it. The things that I want to communicate are simply self-evident, emotional things. And the gifts of those things are that they bring both intellectual and emotional gifts - understanding. But I don't really have a major message that I want to bring to the world through my music. The music can tell people everything they need to know about being human beings. It's not my information, it's not mine. I didn't make it. I just discovered it.

I've always felt that the quality of the voice is where the real content of a song lies. Words only suggest an experience, but the voice is that experience.

I'm convinced I got signed because of who I am. And it makes me sad.

There's no time for hatred, only questions. Where is love? Where is happiness? What is life? Where is peace?

A tune has to resonate with whatever is happening around it.

If you want to get somewhere in this life, learn to draw beautiful women.