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

But music seems to me to be the most closely identified with my soul. I mean, I feel that it’s the best for me. It just gets into the bloodstream so quickly, for no reason at all. You can close your heart, and you can sleep even with your eyes closed, but you can never close your ears.

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

Fate is gonna find you in your glass of champagne.

Your soul can fly outward, stringed to your ribcage like a shimmering kite in the shape of an open hand. Be still and listen to the evidence of your own holiness.

I don't really need to be remembered. I hope the music's remembered.

I sacrificed my anonymity for my father, whereas he sacrificed me for his fame.